The National Post runs a lead editorial applauding the move away from DRM in the music industry that now includes the Warner Music Group. The editorial concludes that:
In this digital age when consumers continually add to and update existing formats for playing music, record companies that sell DRM-free music will prosper. Those that don't will turn off consumers who will tune-out their music. Warner has recognized this. Now it's Sony BMG's turn.
Of course, the paper (and the government) should recognize that the policy linkage to this issue is that a Canadian DMCA perversely encourages the use of DRM at the very time when the industry and consumers are rejecting it.
DRM – Palonek
Interestingly enough, the Government of Canada does not know what the future holds, instead the record label companies try to dictate the formats and what the future holds, yet ultimately it is the consumer that decides, like proven in the DRM. [ link ]
This is all well and good, but its hard to be enthusiastic when Warner sells their music through Amazon.com’s MP3 download service.. which is available for US customers only. Guess I will have to continue buying overpriced CDs and ripping them to my PC.