Double the Price, Undouble the DRM

Yahoo Music is taking a page from eMusic’s book and losing the DRM. The only catch(es): 1) There’s only one song available 2) The song costs $1.99 3) It’s a Jessica Simpson song. But, you do get to play that song anywhere and copy it as many times as you like. Of course, the record label is banking on the fact that you won’t pass it around to all of your buddies because the tune, “A Public Affair,” is customized with your name. When you buy it, you choose your name from a list, and apparently Jessica croons that name at some point during the tune.

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Holy crap! A $2 song? You'd think it'd be cheaper because she's saying your name. Who wants that? Not when $.99 still seems a bit high itself. Damn RIAA

cliffy

July 21, 2006

2:24 PM PT

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