Don’t Leave Me This Way
April 2, 2007Oh DRM, don’t leave me this way. I hardly even knew you.
EMI realises that inconveniencing its customers with DRM may be irritating them, and might just be a reason why drops in CD sales have not been offset by online purchases. Steve Jobs will no doubt once more take credit for being the consumer’s champion, despite the fact that he started it in the first place.
Of course, the above could be rewritten as
EMI first major record label to bow to the inevitable - Steve Jobs has the mainstream music industry over a barrel.
or even
New and improved! Two separate pricing models for digital music. Do you want to own the music or just rent it?
Don’t Leave Me This Way (2007 Remix), DRM-free
