Major Artists Ditching Record Labels

Gizmodo has an article about another major defection from the major labels: Nine Inch Nails. Trent is obviously not happy with his label appears to have plans to distribute his next album independently of a label. This follows news a week or so ago that Radiohead would offer their next album online in digital form for whatever value their fans felt it had. I would be glad to see to see some comeuppance delivered to the MafIAA. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out. In the meantime, Ian Rogers, VP at Yahoo has an interesting perspective on DRM at Yahoo Music. The punchline: No Mas! Yahoo is not interested in more contracts that require DRM because they're not in the customer's interests, and not in Yahoo's interest either.
[gizmodo article]