Brass Balls

You know if McCartney had a pair, he'd release the whole Beatles catalog DRM free.

To quote his buddy:
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

EMI Goes DRM Free (My Take)

The recent announcement of EMI that their iTunes music will be DRM is pretty cool here are two things of note that I haven't heard mentioned.
1) The 30 cent premium, is a "tax" for the potential piracy, it was a great PR move for them to offset this by offering higher quality files, thus making it a quality issue to gloss over this tax
2) People have complained that AAC isn't as open as they'd like. They are missing the fact iTunes has a convert to mp3 option for tracks that are DRM free.