| Microsoft's Zune to join swing to DRM-free music |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Saturday, 07 April 2007 | |
  
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According to a story in The Times, Microsoft's head of marketing for Zune, Jason Reindorp hinted that a deal with EMI could be close. The story quotes an EMI spokesperson as saying "Negotiations with other platforms, such as Zune, are continuing." EMI tracks with DRM are already available from the Zune Marketplace. Late last year, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates told TechCrunch blogger Michael Arrington that there are "huge problems" with DRM and it "causes too much pain for legitimate buyers." Although Zune has managed to establish a niche for itself, its market share is way behind that of the iPod. Depending on whose figures you believe, the iPod has around 70 percent of the market compared with 3-10 percent for the Zune.{moscomment} |
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