Sony BMG has been the last of the major music labels to insist on the use of Digital Rights Management for sales of its music in digital form. Apparently even Sony now has thrown in the towel, according to Business Week.
Sony is expected to start offering some portions of its catalog in a no-DRM format sometime in the first quarter, probably using Amazon.com's download store. Oddly enough, though music labels earlier insisted on DRM as a way of deterring piracy, DRM arguably accounts for Apple iTune's dominance of the download business, as DRM means songs can be downloaded only to specific devices.
Presumably, the announcement will helpl boost sales of downloaded music, as this projection by Enders Analysis suggests.
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