SonyBMG is slowly realizing that music in the future may have little to do with the schemes of DRM being pushed nowadays. The distribution of music online has been revolutionized by the Internet. However, a host of companies are still crying for more regulation over illegal sharing of music.

SonyBMG and Midem, in response to this problem have tried to provide music to users with a set price for enjoying everything. By paying a fixed price, the user can enjoy unlimited access to hundreds of music tracks. If a subscriber pays for a fixed amount for all of the music available, it means therefore that the value of all the albums in the platform is the same.

There are some problems in this method of distribution-problems that concern the artists and record labels as well as that of subscribers. Subscribers do not give equal weight to the music they want to listen to. They would actually be willing to spend money on their favourite artists. The fame of the artists and the efforts spent in producing songs vary from album to album. In the long run, a fixed price for everything is a way to cheapen music costly produced.

Apparently, digital distribution of music has to look for further alternatives.

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