Universal Music is going to test out the concept of DRM-free music, but not with their big gun artists... yet.
Now available through the DG Web Shop, Universal is using their classical music division Deutsche Grammophon to test out how sales of a DRM-free music will work out for them. Notice this is being down through their own web shop as opposed to going the usual route of iTunes, Amazon, or Wal-Mart.
The tracks are encoded at 320kbps MP3s, and since they are free of the monster known as DRM, they can be played on any music player such as your iPod or Zune. Pricing starts at €1.29, but if tracks go over 7 minutes in length, which classical does quite often, the price will go up.
Just about all of the online music sellers are pressing for DRM-free, and Amazon is currently offering over 1 million tracks that way, so hopefully this is a signal of more things to come.
(via Ars Technica)