Loads of massive major label artists can now be downloaded via the MoSDownload store as part of a groundbreaking deal with EMI. Up until recently, the big record companies have been wary of making their music available in more specialist legal download stores like ours because we sell everything without annoying Digital Rights Management (DRM) protection that trys to stop people sharing files.

The thing is, people still rip files to the internet illegally just as easily from CD, and by treating legitimate online customers as potential thieves despite this gaping hole in the system, the labels haven’t exactly made many friends.

So EMI have been the first to make the bold - and many say inevitable - move to allow all their music to be sold without DRM, bringing amazing dance labels from past and present like Positiva, DFA, Credence and VC Recordings to our store for the first time.

This means you can now buy music by the Chemical Brothers, Axwell, Shapeshifters, Deep Dish, LCD Soundsystem, Massive Attack, Hot Chip and even Radiohead on the site right now. Have a root around, there are some all time classics in there, plus a steady stream of hot new tracks coming too.

Our partners in the store, DJdownload.com have worked hard on securing this deal. They have never sold DRM tracks as it causes nightmares for DJs and is a real wind-up when you are trying to move music the you LEGALLY OWN(!) from one device to another, as we all want to do today.

A bit like prohibition of alcohol or drugs, artificially trying to control supply of something generally leads only to people finding other ways to get what they want and the pirates making huge profits along the way. Hopefully with EMI taking the lead on this, a whole load more amazing music will be available legally soon too from other majors via passionately run stores like our own and DJdownload.

Then this whole ridiculous nonsense of files that only work on some mp3 players and CDs that only play on certain computers can be consigned to history and music can enter the next digital age fully…