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Sony BMG Music Entertainment, the world's second largest music company, will this month become the last of the big four majors to drop copy protection software on music downloads, also known as digital rights management.
Sony BMG, home to artists including Beyonce, Britney Spears and Celine Dion, said it will launch a gift card service on January 15 called Platinum MusicPass.
Fans will be able to buy the digital album cards in stores and download full-length albums from a MusicPass website.
- REUTERS
