Wal-Mart Selling Music Online Without DRM

DRM, or digital rights management, is a technology being used by publishers and other copyright holders to limit the piracy of digital media and devices. Most record labels insist that online music retailers employ DRM to prevent rampant copying and piracy.

However, Wal-Mart has recently began selling songs without DRM on their website for $0.94 per song, or $9.44 an album.

Kevin Swint, Wal-Mart’s senior director for digital media, said… “Our new ‘DRM-free’ MP3 digital tracks give (customers) the ease and flexibility to play music on virtually any device at a great value.”

Read the full article here.