Lime Wire to Sell DRM-Free MP3s

By Geoff Duncan
August 16, 2007

Peer-to-peer service Lime Wire has announced it plans to offer "legit" music sales in the form of 256 Kbps, DRM-free MP3 files. But will major labels go along?

One problem: exactly whose music will Lime Wire offer for sale? The music industry generally regards Lime Wire's peer-to-peer technology as a major contributor to online music piracy; in fact, major record labels filed suit against Lime Wire a year ago in the wake of successful litigation against P2P service Kazaa.

Lime Wire says its first partners in its music store are IRIS Distribution and Nettwerk Productions: although neither are one of the "big four" music distributors, they do manage distribution for a number of independent labels and artists, including some well-known artists like the Barenaked Ladies, Avril Lavigne, and Paul Van Dyk. Now that EMI and Universal have programs offering DRM-free, MP3 version of music from their catalogs, ...

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