EMI, Apple Pioneer DRM-Free Agreement

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Forget seeing the Beatles on iTunes this week, but what you will see next month is EMI artists (not including the Walrus, et. al.) offering their music DRM-free. In addition to the usual $0.99 offering, songs will now be available at a new price point, $1.29, which will give you a higher quality version that is also DRM-free.  Check out the announcement on Apple’s site, and the webcast on EMI’s site. Wow, maybe we should have seen this coming, but I guess I’m surprised that it happened so quickly. Stay tuned for more discussion on the ramifications of this announcement.