Does audio DRM really exist? CDs were sold without any DRM and you can buy DRM free songs from the likes of itunes and amazon. Itunes used to have DRM but dropped it years ago; afaik songs bought from amazon never had DRM.
It's funny, songs are much easier to share than movies, the files are a hundredth the size, yet the movie industry thinks DRM is very important while the music industry survives just fine without it.
The "selling songs" music industry is basically dead, most people stream or use YouTube nowadays. Maybe that's why they don't bother with DRM? It would make them even less attractive compared to streaming
Maybe. But iTunes started phasing out DRM in 2007 and had 80% of their songs DRM-free by 2009. I think that's a few years before streaming became big. And Amazon was selling DRM-free mp3s from the big four labels in 2008.
It's funny, songs are much easier to share than movies, the files are a hundredth the size, yet the movie industry thinks DRM is very important while the music industry survives just fine without it.