While it's almost impossible to believe anything you read on the Internet on April 1st, this one is looking more likely than most.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Steve Jobs appearance at the Apple event in London is not about The Beatles, as everyone thought, but an announcement from Apple and EMI that they plan "to sell significant amounts of its catalog without anticopying software".
This is potentially amazing news. Steve Jobs has made it pretty clear that he wants to go DRM free at the iTunes Store, and EMI have been toying with the idea for a while. It's obvious to most people that DRM only hurts the honest user. Any pirates can and do break copy protection easily. This could be the day the record industry finally saves itself.
EMI to Sell Music Without Anticopying Software [WSJ, behind paywall, via PSFK]
