Reuters has written an excellent article covering the future of digital music, DRM (Digital Rights Managment) and the rebirth of the MP3.

Here are five places to watch this year’s DRM developments:

AMAZON

The online retailer reportedly is itching to get into digital downloads but is holding out for a DRM-free service. It sells as many iPods as anybody and is a haven for music that is disappearing from physical retail shelves. “They already have a relationship with our consumer the way that a lot of others don’t,” Blue Note GM Zach Hochkeppel says. Viewed as the biggest threat to iTunes, Amazon has the power to force a DRM strategy shift.

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