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Looks like Warner Music Group (WMG) has allowed Amazon.com's AmazonMP3 store to start selling music without Digital Rights Management (DRM), which allows buyers to copy music without limit, and play them on any device they want as long as it can play straight mp3's.

The coup brings Amazon's mp3 music library up to 2.9 million songs according to electronista.

From a quick look, it seems like they have quite a few Warner material for sale already. Looking up the group "Van Halen" has only produced 3 albums from the actual band, not their entire catalog.

"Consumers want flexibility with respect to what they can do with music once they purchase it, and we want them to have that flexibility," said WMG's Senior VP of Digital Strategy, Michael Nash. "We believe that giving consumers the assurance that the music they purchase can be played on any device they own will only encourage more sales of music."

If this is true, why not do it across the board with all their music? We're waiting for all the music companies to wake up and just get rid of the DRM. Not only is it the right thing to do, but its the smart thing to do. Give the customer what they want and they're more likely to BUY music and not steal it.