The world's biggest music conglomerate, Universal Music Group, plans to sell a big chunk of its catalog without digital rights management protection through music retail services and some artists' web sites. The move, a departure from music companies' antipiracy strategy, is seen as part of an effort to erode the power of Apple's iTunes, by far the leading online music store.
The DRM-free music will not be offered on iTunes when the new service is launched in January. Universal Music Group, a unit of Paris-based Vivendi, operates Los Angeles' Universal Music Publishing Group, a publishing house with more than 1 million copyrights, and Santa Monica-based Universal Music Enterprises, the company's catalog management division.
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