Friday, February 16, 2007 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/303921_yahoomusic16.html Yahoo endorses end to copy protection Most songs on music service likely to lack restrictions
BLOOMBERG NEWS Software that prevents people from copying digital music may be gone from more than half of the songs offered by Yahoo Inc.'s music service by the end of the year, Vice President Dave Goldberg said this week. Yahoo is talking with record labels about removing restrictions on downloaded songs, said Goldberg, who is general manager of the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company's music products. When one music company decides to eliminate copy protection, the rest may follow, he said. <snip>