What is DRM-Free Music?
DRM stands for Digital Rights Management and it describes a variety of techniques used to limit the rights of people who purchase various digital recordings. Such recordings include things like songs or albums, books on tape, and movies. The goal of DRM is to make sure that piracy is prevented, but many people who purchase these things find it frustrating to deal with the various DRM technologies and look for digital recordings that can be purchased without limitations. In particular, many people are interested in DRM-free music, which allows them to listen to music on any device they choose, for as long as they want, and at any time. Some of the DRM techniques common with music are limiting the devices on which music can be played, or limiting the number of devices onto which music can be loaded. Alternately, certain downloaded music or purchased CDS might require email verification in order to load music onto things like MP3 players. Other techniques leave what is called a watermark,
