Universal to sell music online without copy protection
Vivendi's Universal Music Group, which is the worlds largest music label, said they would begin testing the sale of music with no copy-protection technology. UMG publishes music from top names such as Amy Winehouse, 50 Cent and the Black Eyed Peas and a few others that we're interested in. UMB will try this for a trial period.
"The experiment will run from August to January and analyze such factors as consumer demand, price sensitivity and piracy in regards to the availability of open MP3s," Universal said.
As for places that will sell the non-DRM tracks... don't look for them on iTunes! Yep, UMG has skipped iTunes completely and will instead run their trial through Wal-Mart, Amazon.com and Google. You'll still be able to play the music on the iPod since they are DRM free. Thats good news!
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