mediamemo.allthingsd.com - 1/6/2009
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In 2007, Steve Jobs predicted that half the music offered at his iTunes store would be sold without digital rights management--the lock-and-key system that the music labels wrap their songs--by the end of that year. Better late than never: Apple finally has deals in place with three of the big ...
apple.com - 1/6/2009
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apple.com —
SAN FRANCISCO January 6, 2009 Apple today announced
several changes to the iTunes Store ( www.itunes.com )....
Beginning today, all four major music labels Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, Warner Music Group and EMI, along with thousands of independent ...
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Changes Coming to the iTunes Store
appleinsider.com - 1/6/2009
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appleinsider.com —
In what could be a significant victory for
its online music store, Apple is believed to have...
landed agreements not only to remove copy protection from the music of all major labels but to also allow direct music downloads to iPhones over cellular ...
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Apple inks deals for all DRM-free iTunes, 3G downloads
techcrunch.com - 1/6/2009
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techcrunch.com —
Nearly two years ago, Steve Jobs published an
open letter to the music industry calling for the...
death of DRM (digital rights management). He convinced EMI to ditch DRM back in April, 2007, but the three other major music labels held out. Until ...
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The Price Of Going DRM-Free: Apple’s Hidden $1.8 Billion ...
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News Bits: Macworld Keynote - Will It Be a Surprise or Disappointment?
Contentinople: —
... . iTunes already offers songs from EMI DRM-free, but it's expected to also cut DRM on songs from the other three big-four labels: Sony BMG, Universal, and Warner Music. Possibly even bigger news , and the likely reason the labels were willing to give up their DRM: iTunes is also expected to add flexible pricing. According to CNET, pricing will be broken down into three tiers: older songs, mid-range songs (newer, but not big hits), and current hits. Further details haven't yet been reported. ...
One prediction down: iTunes goes DRM-free
VentureBeat —
... in iTunes was a big deal, I have to disagree. While it may not be a big deal for people like me who own just about everything Apple, for those who used iTunes in past but perhaps bought a Zune (crazy, I know), they wouldn’t be able to play any of those tracks on their new device. Even I ran into the issue a few times this past year when trying to do things like stream music from my computer to my Xbox 360. And also when trying to put music on the Android-powered G1 phone. Neither of those devices can play DRM-laced iTunes tracks. ...
Better step up work on that portable Reality Distortion Field generator
GMSV —
... as music spending is dropping and others wonder just how much the DRM issue mattered to the great mass of iTunes customers. Other highlights from the keynote: * Updates to ...
Why Apple’s iTunes Concessions Are a Double-Edged Sword [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network —
... The only question now, as Peter Kafka notes in a post at MediaMemo, is whether anyone will care or not — and whether it will help to fix any of the music industry’s systemic problems. ...
iTunes concessions a double-edged sword
mathewingram.com/work —
... from all of the major music labels through iTunes, and the addition of variable pricing. As rumored during the run up to Macworld, the world’s largest online music store will soon start selling songs for 69 cents, 99 cents or $1.29 each. The only question now, as Peter Kafka notes in a post at MediaMemo, is whether anyone will care or not — and whether it will help to fix any of the music industry’s systemic problems. ...
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iTunes going primarily DRM free?
engadget.com 1/6/2009 —
While Phil hasn't mentioned it in the keynote just yet, it looks like iTunes might be getting a big catalog overhaul, with most major labels finally offering up DRM free tunes. Our tipster mentioned DRM free goodies from Virgin, Sony BMG, ...
Changes come to the iTunes Store
apple.com 1/6/2009 — Beginning today, all four major music labels — Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, Warner Music Group and EMI — and thousands of independent labels, now offer their music in the DRM-free iTunes Plus format with higher-quality 256 kbps AAC encoding. ...
iTunes Plus: Now With Social DRM
appscout.com 1/13/2009 — You didn't really expect Apple to completely remove DRM from its iTunes store with the introduction of iTunes Plus, did you?
The company did, in fact, pull of those copy protections prohibiting you from moving the files between an unlimited number ...
iTunes finally goes DRM-free … done anyone really care?
blogs.zdnet.com 1/7/2009 — News from the Macworld Expo - iTunes is in the final stages of shedding DRM, offering some eight million of its 10 million songs in Apple’s iTunes Plus DRM-free format. But does anyone care? Is there anyone who is still concerned about DRM buying ...
iTunes Gets DRM Free, New Prices, Purchase Over 3G [Macworld 2009]
i.gizmodo.com 1/6/2009 — iTunes is going DRM free and breaking their single-price rule with three points: .69 cents, .99 cents, and $1.29. Not surprised, given the pressure from other music stores. The iPhone will allow 3G downloads too. The new prices will come on April ...
News: iTunes now offering track-by-track iTunes Plus upgrades
ilounge.com 1/29/2009 — Apple is now allowing iTunes Store customers to upgrade previously-purchased DRM-encoded tracks to the higher-quality, DRM-free iTunes Plus format on a track-by-track basis. Up until now, users were forced to upgrade on an all-or-nothing basis, ...
iTunes goes DRM Free
geardiary.com 2/16/2009 — This isn’t new news to anyone, but its significant in that most everyone will be able to get DRM free music out of iTunes. Ever since the dawn of iTunes, music has been tied to your Apple ID, and not playable on anything other than an authorized computer and a connected iPod (be it a Shuffle, ...
Apple Keynote ends with Tony Bennett and DRM free iTunes —
I4U News 1/6/2009
The Apple Keynote lacked hot hardware announcements besides the new 17 inch MacBook Pro, but the good news is that 10 million songs on iTunes are going to be DRM free. Additionally there is a new pricing structure with $0.69, $0.99 and $1.29 per ...
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