Interviews with Digital Media Thought Leaders

Implications of DRM-Free Distribution by Major Labels

Podcast Audio | Posted by Phil Leigh on February 2, 2008

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Summary: If you would like to get an industry executive’s perspective about the decision by all four major record labels to abandon DRMs, this interview is for you.

Our guest today is David Pakman who is the CEO of eMusic. His company is the largest seller of online music in the DRM-free MP3 format. However, the eMusic catalogue historically was limited to independent record labels. Now that the majors have decided to sell DRM-free tracks it looks like a good time to catch-up with David to see what the implications are for eMusic and the industry at large. Read more…