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# Yahoo! Offers Another MP3 Download. But Why Not Offer More?
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/yahoo_offers_an/
- Published: 2006-09-20T07:37:28.000Z
- Updated: 2006-09-20T07:37:28.000Z
- Description: Yahoo!Music chief David Goldberg has been very vocal that downloads should be DRM free mp3’s and he inches that agenda forward with a second major label mp3 offering. Disney’s Hollywood. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2006/09/yahoo_offers_an.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Indie Music, Major Labels, Music Marketing, Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:10

[![Yahoomusic_4](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/yahoomusic_4.jpg "Yahoomusic_4")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/yahoomusic%5F4.jpg?ref=hypebot.com)

Yahoo!Music chief David Goldberg has been very vocal that downloads should be DRM free mp3’s and he inches that agenda forward with a second major label mp3 offering. Disney’s Hollywood Records is offering [Jesse McCartney’s album](http://music.yahoo.com/jesseright/?ref=hypebot.com) in both mp3 and WMA via Yahoo! following and earlier Jessica Simpson test.

[![Hits_10](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/hits_10.jpg "Hits_10")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/hits%5F10.jpg?ref=hypebot.com)

Thumbs up to Hollywood Records (who may just be looking for any viral advantage in a crowded marketplace) and to Goldberg for stating the obvious so publicly. Thumbs down to the majors for being so slow to understand the consumer.

[![7digital_logo_3](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/7digital_logo_3.gif "7digital_logo_3")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/7digital%5Flogo%5F3.gif?ref=hypebot.com)

But if Goldberg and Yahoo! are serious about the format, why not offer indie labels and artist the option of mp3 downloads as well as WMA files as the UK’s [7 Digital](http://www.7digital.com/?ref=hypebot.com) already

[![Emusic_12](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/emusic_12.jpg "Emusic_12")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/emusic%5F12.jpg?ref=hypebot.com)

does for hundreds of hits acts. Certainly the many indies that have embraced mp3 downloads via the widely successful [eMusic](http://www.emusic.com/?ref=hypebot.com) service would jump at the chance to please their fans and get a leg up on the majors.

Are you listening David?