Apple and EMI announced a new series of MP3 files that no longer have the DRM on them and are available at a higher data rate. This will only silence the Internet Punditocracy for about two minutes before they find some other arcane detail to complain about. Personally, my hearing isn’t so well attuned due to age, lack of training and probably too many loud shows: or as my ex-roommate Paul would call a Def Leppard concert, sonnets of unrequitted love at 120 deciBels.
Meanwhile, those of us who have lives, have a choice on which types of MP3s we want to buy. I have to figure out what I even bought from EMI because its the parent company “hidden” behind numerous other labels, Capitol is the only one I can think of immediately.