By now you may have heard today's surprising news: EMI and Apple
announced that the iTunes Music Store will offer EMI's entire catalog
for sale without DRM! In a press release from Apple, Steve Jobs said,
???We think our customers are going to love this, and we expect to
offer more than half of the songs on iTunes in DRM-free versions by
the end of this year.??? (http://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/969)
This is really big news. We'll be sending Steve a the open letter
with over six thousand signatures and a thank you note with a
DefectiveByDesign.org T-Shirt in recognition of this step towards
eliminating DRM. Thank you for signing the open letter and spreading
the word these last few weeks.
In the coming days and weeks we will see how the rest of the music
industry responds to EMI's move. We'll keep you updated on ways you
can help eliminate DRM, not only in music, but also in operating
systems, hardware and libraries.
In Solidarity,
DRM Elimination Crew
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