EMI is reportedly announcing plans today for dropping DRM on a large percentage of their online catalog.

From the WSJ:

In a major break with the music industry’s longstanding antipiracy strategy, EMI Group PLC is set to announce today that it plans to sell significant amounts of its catalog without anticopying software, according to people familiar with the matter.

My gut reaction was that this is an April Fools joke, but it’s a day too late for that. I can’t wait to see how it pans out.

UPDATE: The official press release is out. The end of DRM (at least for music) is neigh. GG Steve J.

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