blog.wired.com - 1/7/2009
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After years of fits, starts, threats and ultimatums Steve Jobs and three major labels have come to terms on a deal that will immediately make music available on iTunes without the digital rights management that limits music playback to Apple products, and at three price levels instead of the ...
French Screenshot Shows DRM-Free Music in iTunes
blog.wired.com 12/15/2008 — 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 ...
Apple criticized for iPod shuffle's new 'authentication chip'
appleinsider.com 3/17/2009 — Apple this weekend was hit with a media assault after reports suggested that a mysterious authentication chip in the third-generation iPod shuffle, responsible for supporting the player's new headphone-integrated playback controls, signaled a rogue ...
Apple To Drop DRM, Hike Prices For Major-Label Songs?
paidcontent.org 1/6/2009 — The hot rumor for the biggest announcement of Apple's final MacWorld Expo today says DRM protection will be dropped from iTunes Store music downloads. EMI already began offering higher-fidelity, DRM-free AAC files back in May 2007, after Steve Jobs ...
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 ...
Don’t Hold Your Breath for DRM-free iTunes
technologizer.com 12/9/2008 — The latest rumor-du-jour being served up by AppleInsider cites a French technology website claiming iTunes long love affair with DRM will come to an end tommorow (Tuesday). Here’s how its put via a translation of the story that’s found ...
Apple Shows Us DRM's True Colors
eff.org 1/9/2009 — At this week's Macworld Expo, Apple announced that by April, music from the iTunes Store will no longer be shackled by digital rights management (DRM). Finally, DRM is good and fully dead for digital music -- gone from CDs, gone from downloads, and ...
music Resources
updates.zdnet.com 12/9/2008 — 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 ...
DRM In Retreat
freedom-to-tinker.com 1/28/2009 — Last week's agreement between Apple and the major record companies to eliminate DRM (copy protection) in iTunes songs marks the effective end of DRM for recorded music. The major online music stores are now all DRM-free, and CDs still lack DRM, so ...
CES: A friendly DRM?
latimesblogs.latimes.com 1/13/2009 —
LAS VEGAS -- The Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem announced six new members at the Consumer Electronics Show here, taking one more (small) step toward its goal of creating a standard way for consumers to acquire movies and other types of ...
Don't hold your breath for DRM-free iTunes news
news.cnet.com 12/9/2008 —
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 ...
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 ...
Apple iTunes Store goes '100% DRM-free' - allegedly —
The Register 1/6/2009
Schiller keynote makes $1.29 the new black Macworld Expo Take your pick - the iTunes Store is going 100 per cent DRM-free, or Apple is whacking 30 cents onto the price of each song and encouraging you to upgrade your whole iTunes library to ...
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