The Bass Geek

According to this article, the last major label holdout is renouncing digital rights management and will soon offer at least a portion of their catalog without encumbrance. Which is pretty damn cool, as it allows consumers to move their files to devices and back without hindrance. My only question at this point is whether or not these files will be available to all download services. Amazon is a natural choice, but will they allow these files to be sold through iTunes or eMusic as well? One would think that it makes sense to be distributed as much as possible in order to get the maximum amount of customers, but the Internet means you don’t have to drive to a store to get it - you can just browse to the next site. I can see the labels trying to set up their own site to maximize their profits in addition to using Amazon to try and extract Apple from their top spot.

Meanwhile, Tunecore gets your songs on these services and more without the need for a label. Something to think about . . .

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