All Smashwords books are sold DRM-free, without copy protection or encryption.

By selling DRM free music everywhere except the iTunes Store.

Amazon has announced it will sell DRM-free digital downloads through a new online music store.

Jobs wrote: Imagine a world where every online store sells DRM-free music encoded in open licensable formats.

With the launch of iTunes Plus, Apple's become the first to sell DRM-free music from a major label.

But the idea is intriguing, not least because EMI-likeApple-hasrecently been exploring the idea of selling DRM-free music online.

Universal wasn't the first big label to offer unprotected tracks; the EMI Group had begun selling DRM-free songs in May.

The U.S.-based iTunes Store on the other hand sells DRM downloads at ten dollars an album and one dollar for songs.

Sony will sell DRM-free music on the Amazon MP3 store, giving Amazon a full house of the big four record labels.

In a statement on Monday, Jobs said he expects half of the songs on iTunes will be sold DRM-free by the end of the year.

Still, it's wonderful to see Jobs coming out publicly saying that Apple would sell DRM-free music if they were allowed to by the recording industry.

CBC reports today that Universal, one of the major labels that's been holding out on selling DRM-free music, will be -uh, not holding out.