Yeah, I thought it was an April Fools joke too
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Congratulations. The people have spoken and at least one member of the heavily maligned RIAA listened. EMI will begin selling music without copy protection during the month of May, with Apple hoping to have half of the store's catalog available in an unprotected format by the end of the year. Unfortunately iTunes customers will be paying a little extra for EMI's DRM-free tracks, as the cost per unrestricted song will be $1.29.
Some may argue that an additional thirty cents is just too costly when the primary benefit is the loss of technically induced restrictions. Those ...