Happy New Year

Happy New year to you all... things have been a little quiet the past couple of weeks on the digital music front but there have been some interesting developments:


New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has commenced a probe into the price of legal downloads which some are suggesting will delay the introduction of variable pricing structures:

J. Borland, Probe may delay change in digital-music prices, CNet News, 4 January 2006

Editor, New York Attorney General Puts Microscope on Paid Downloads, Digital Music News, 3 January 2006


And Sony has reportedly reached a settlement to the class action over its disgusting DRM:

Sony Settlement Proposal Filing

Editor, Sony BMG Offers Resolution to Class Action Lawsuits, Digital Music News, 3 January 2006

EFF and Sony BMG Reach Settlement over Flawed DRM, EFF, 29 December 2005