Yahoo! selling DRM-free songs

Yahoo is considering selling songs at a price of $1.99 each, which is roughly double that of an iTunes song. But Yahoo is hoping that regardless of the new price, DRM-less MP3s will attract a significant amount of people. Being without restrictions, customers can afford to play music on any device they desire. Yahoo says that DRM is very expensive for companies to implement, even for its own online store, it would much rather spend the money on developing end-user experiences.

It’s good to finally see that someone stepped up to the DRM-free plate. Of course, there are a few downsides. $1.99US per song is not a great way to welcome users. Yahoo! believes that this will appeal to a specific crowd. In reality, this is good only if you want a single song and not an entire album. It would be cheaper to buy the actual album in the store and have the -best- sound quality, any way you look at it. We’ll also have to see how long it takes the RIAA to step in.