MusicGiants Joins DRM-free Bandwagon

Hoping to one-up Apple with its recent move away from digital rights management, high-quality music site MusicGiants began offering DRM-free music recently with the release of Paul McCartney's newest album, Memory Almost Full. In a recent interview with audio magazine Stereophile, MusicGiants CEO Scott Bahneman said the service plans to release more DRM-free albums later this year. Partners in the offering have not been announced.

MusicGiants specializes in offering high quality “lossless” tracks in Windows Media format, and launched last year. It bills itself as the only service to offer such high-quality tracks, which are the same quality as one would receive from a physical CD. McCartney’s album sells for $15.29 USD on the site, although consumers can purchase a version with a 26-minute interview with the singer on recording the album for $21.93 USD.