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EMI brings DRM-free catalogue to Canada

Until today, Canadians had little to no choices if they wanted DRM-free music, but that is now set to change.

EMI has announced that they made a partnership with Puretracks, a Canadian authorized music store to offer EMI's DRM-free digital catalogue at $1.29 CAD a track.

"EMI Music Canada wants to give fans the best possible digital music buying experience, and our premium download offering is a fundamental part of our strategy," said Deane Cameron, President EMI Music Canada.



"We are proud that Puretracks is the first Canadian retailer to offer EMI's DRM-free downloads in the MP3 format. We are confident that artists on EMI's roster, as well as those on our distributed labels will see a good lift in digital sales as a result."

Unauthorized P2P downloading is still not considered illegal in Canada so it will be interesting to see how well the venture works.

Source:
Slyck

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 3 Aug 2007 19:16

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• vinny13

  Quote:Unauthorized P2P downloading is still not considered illegal in Canada so it will be interesting to see how well the venture worksI'm Canadian and I didn't even know that! That's awesome!

  3.8.2007 20:06 #1

• armorthis

  Quote:Quote:Unauthorized P2P downloading is still not considered illegal in Canada so it will be interesting to see how well the venture worksI'm Canadian and I didn't even know that! That's awesome!Lol, not too long ago there was a story in the news (in Calgary at least) where they tried to make it illegal and the judge declined.

  3.8.2007 21:10 #2

• borhan9

  The fact that u can download with no problems is why this has taken awhile to be put in place, otherwise this would have been their earlier.

  9.8.2007 04:02 #3