Editing DRM-free (section)

==Connection with open licensing==
All music released under a license which permits copying (ie, all [[Creative Commons]] and [[Public Domain]] licenses) allow anyone to make DRM-free versions of the work.  Almost all artists who chose to employ these licenses also directly release DRM-free versions of their work, although they may also release impaired versions on streaming platforms.

Many bluegrass, roots music, and jam bands release nearly all of their live shows in such a format and expressly grant their listeners the rights to redistribute in DRM-free formats, including [[Sam Grisman Project]], [[Fireside Collective]], [[Steep Canyon Rangers]], [[Justin Holmes and The Immutable String Band]], [[King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard]], and [[Tedeschi Trucks Band]].  Virtually all of the most-listened to bands in [[ardchive.org Live Music Archive]] are in these genres.

This practice was made popular by [[The Grateful Dead]], whose advocacy on this issue and its connection to the advent of DRM-free file formats is described in [[John Perry Barlow]]'s book, [[Mother American Night]].