Apple is expected to offer the label's DRM-free music later this month at $1.29 per song, and DRM-protected music for 99 cents a song. Last month, EMI and Apple struck a similar deal with the computer maker's iTunes store. This is the second deal EMI has struck since announcing it would begin offering DRM-free music downloads at a premium price. As part of its digital music store, Amazon will offer EMI's new, premium DRM-free downloads.Īmazon said it would announce pricing details closer to the launch date. In making the announcement, Amazon also noted it has teamed up with EMI Music to offer songs from its digital catalog. Users will be able to play their music on virtually any device, including PCs, iPods, Zunes and Zens, as well as burn the songs on CDs for personal use. 'Our MP3-only strategy means all the music that customers buy on Amazon is always DRM-free and plays on any device,' Jeff Bezos, Amazon's chief executive, said in a statement. Record labels are beginning to warm up to the concept of offering music downloads without DRM, after waging war with peer-to-peer companies over distributing their copyrighted music and over piracy issues. The e-commerce giant announced Wednesday that it would offer songs from more than 12,000 record labels in the MP3 format, without the controversial digital rights management (DRM) software. plans to launch a digital music store later this year, featuring music downloads without copyright restrictions.

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