DRM-free EMI music outselling lockware

By at 5:45 am Wednesday, Jun 20

The Inquirer reports that in the short time since EMI went DRM-free with its music, its sales have skyrocketed:
Since EMI ditched the DRM on iTunes it has seen sales of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon increase by between 272 and 350 percent...

According to Bloomberg, digital sales for other DRM free music increased by between 17 to 24 per cent. OK Go's Oh No increased 77 per cent. Coldplay's A Rush Of Blood To The Head jumped 115 per cent.

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