The tremors from the earthquake that Steve Jobs caused are just now starting to really reverberate. EMI has come forward with its DRM free scheme, and as reported earlier, Microsoft is predictably following suit. The Times of London is reporting on this again today.
My gut tells me that the landscape will be radicallly different by the end of the summer and I think that is a good thing. The only question is how different.
For some other interesting reading on this check out Don Dodge's column on The Death of the Music Business, and the Habits of a Mouse.