meta-roj

demonstrating traction in the drm-free universe, download business bleep is carrying the entire back catalog of warp records (electronica, including aphex twin).

breaking with the establishment (and even the downward spiral), bleep is offering drm-free high-quality (typically 205kbps vbr) mp3’s at $1.35/track (a 36% premium) or up to about $10 per album.

bleep – faq

Bleep music has no DRM or copy protection built in. We believe that most people like to be treated as customers and not potential criminals – DRM is easily circumvented and just puts obstacles in the way of enjoying music. Apple has even privately stated that they decided to use a weak form of DRM solely to get major labels onboard.

kevin would be proud.

update: discussion at slashdot and metafilter.