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French Screenshot Shows DRM-Free Music in iTunes
blog.wired.com - 12/15/2008
French Screenshot Shows DRM-Free Music in iTunes
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Nearly a week after rumors swirled about three major labels letting iTunes to sell music without digital rights management comes evidence of additional experimentation by Apple with DRM-free music -- in France. In an echo of last month's appearance of several Neil Young albums in DRM-free ...

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VentureBeat:  The iTunes DRM-free plot (and smoke) thickens

Don't hold your breath for DRM-free iTunes news
news.cnet.com - 12/9/2008
Don't hold your breath for DRM-free iTunes news
— news.cnet.com — Rumors coming out of Europe that claim Apple will begin offering unprotected music files from the three largest recording companies on Tuesday are bogus, according to my music-industry sources. Yes, Apple is in negotiations with the three ... (more) Don't hold your breath for DRM-free iTunes news

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techmeme.com - 12/9/2008
Rumor: Apple's iTunes going DRM-free starting Tuesday (Aidan Malley/AppleInsider)
— techmeme.com — Aidan Malley / AppleInsider : Rumor: Apple's iTunes going DRM-free starting Tuesday   —  Apple is believed to be on the verge of an end-of-year push that would start by finally offering unprotected iTunes Store music from all ... (more) Rumor: Apple's iTunes going DRM-free starting Tuesday ...

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updates.zdnet.com - 12/9/2008
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— updates.zdnet.com — ZDNet Resources British support 70-year copyright terms The British Government has yielded to European pressure to extend copyright for recorded music , MusicWeek reports. Culture secretary Andy Burnham made a surprise announcement in favor of a ... (more) music Resources

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The iTunes DRM-free plot (and smoke) thickens
VentureBeat — ... in the iTunes music store. Of all the major music labels, Apple only has a deal with EMI to sell its music without digital rights management, yet reports from overseas keep indicating that other labels are already in the iTunes store with DRM-free music as well. The latest of these reports shows a screenshot from the French version of iTunes with previously protected music, now being sold as “iTunes Plus,” the name of iTunes’ unprotected offering, Epiccenter reports. ...

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