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aiolos

Thu 20 Jul, 2006


Yahoo sells Jessica Simpson single without DRM (MP3)

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I'd say this is a very good move.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> The price is a bit high,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> but it's a very good start.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> Hope others follow.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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Yahoo announced Wednesday that it is selling Jessica Simpson's latest single in MP3 format-<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>-in other words,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> with none of the usual copyright protection coding.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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Because the song,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> a party-pop track called <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"A Public Affair,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> has no digital rights management <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>(DRM)<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> protection coded into it,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> it will be compatible with just about every type of digital music player,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> from the iPod to the iRiver,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> as well as with film-<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> and music-editing programs that may not have been able to read DRM-encoded files.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"We've been publicly trying to convince record labels that they should be selling MP3s for a while now,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> writes Yahoo Music blogger Ian Rogers.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"DRM has a cost.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> It's very expensive for companies like Yahoo to implement.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> We'd much rather have our engineers building better personalization,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> recommendations,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> playlisting applications,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> community apps,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> etc.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> instead of complex provisioning systems which at the end of the day allow you to burn a CD and take the DRM back off,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> anyway.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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The Recording Industry Association of America,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> a music industry trade group,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> declined to comment on Yahoo's preference for selling MP3 music files.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>