apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com - 1/7/2009
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When Apple announced Tuesday that it was finally lifting the so-called digital rights management (DRM) restrictions that iTunes music customers found so onerous, it left one thing out: the cost of doing so — in money and, as we learned overnight, time.
“We are thrilled to be able to ...
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 ...
gigaom.com - 1/7/2009
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gigaom.com —
Apple’s announcements at Macworld may have lacked some
of the flair and sizzle that CEO Steve Jobs...
usually brought to his keynote, but there was one announcement that, arguably, will wind up changing the playing field considerably. That ...
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Why Apple’s iTunes Concessions Are a Double-Edged Sword ...
news.cnet.com - 1/6/2009
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It’ll Cost You To Convert To Apple’s DRM-Free iTunes
Cult of Mac —
... Fortune’s Philip Elmer-DeWitt wrote it cost $50.60 to convert 231 songs he’d originally purchased from Apple. The conversion to the DRM-free iTunes Plus took more than seven hours, he said. ...
Newsflash: Apple has been charging for iTunes Plus upgrades since 2007
VentureBeat —
... . But that’s assuming that all 6 billion song sold on iTunes (some of which were already DRM-free) are going to be upgraded — which, of course, won’t happen. Probably a small percentage will — especially if it really takes as long as Apple 2.0’s Philip Elmer-DeWitt says (over seven hour for 231 songs?!). ...
iTunes Plus: We know who you are and where to find you
TechBlog —
... . Apple's Fair Play copy protection scheme will be history. That news was leavened by the fact that you must pay an additional 30 cents per song to "upgrade" your existing iTunes music files. I guess that's where the "plus" in the marketing label "iTunes Plus" comes from . . . Having music files without DRM means you can play the songs on any computer or media-playing device with impunity. It also means that you could share them with people who haven't paid for them. That would be wrong, of course, but it's now very possible. However, there's a catch. If you do something ...
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apple.com 1/6/2009 — 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 ...
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 ...
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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 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, ...
iTunes DRM-Stripping Fee Isn't a Tax at All
appscout.com 1/7/2009 — As you probably know by now, Apple has announced some big changes to iTunes —variable pricing, a 100% DRM-free iTunes Music Store, and song purchasing/downloading via 3G. Good stuff, right?
Apple also today announced an offer to convert your ...
iTunes Music Store Finally Drops DRM, Adds New Prices
blog.wired.com 1/7/2009 —
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 ...
DRM close to extinction on iTunes?
venturebeat.com 1/6/2009 — One of my key predictions for 2009 was that Apple’s iTunes store would go DRM-free. There are always a lot of Apple rumors out there, but I was so confident in this one that I actually made the prediction twice . It turns out that may have ...
Rumor: Apple's iTunes going DRM-free starting Tuesday
appleinsider.com 12/9/2008 — 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 major labels and would switch a special post-holiday campaign giving away music and videos to Europeans.
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