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 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, ...

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 Wants $250 To Upgrade My Music Collection (Or the Deal's Off) [ITunes]
i.gizmodo.com 1/14/2009 — I knew I had a full-blown music-purchasing problem when I went to "upgrade" my iTunes collection—raising the quality and stripping the pestilential DRM—and the grand total came to an all-or-nothing $250. That's right. They won't let you ...

iTunes Music Converter - remove drm from itunes music, convert itunes music to mp3
squidoo.com 12/25/2008 — iTunes to mp3 tutorial - 2 ways to remove drm from itunes music and convert itunes music to mp3, 1. burn and rip itunes music 2.convert itunes protected m4p to mp3 with itunes music converter

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 DRM Removal - Remove DRM Protection from iTunes Music&Video files
daniusoft.com 12/1/2008 — This tutorial will show you how to use itunes drm removal software to remove drm protection from iTunes purchased music&video files and convert iTunes drm protected files

App Store Browses the iTunes Store Without iTunes [ITunes Store]
lifehacker.com 1/22/2009 — Opening iTunes and checking something in its store isn't always a quick, memory-friendly task. For previewing apps, browsing music and podcasts, or otherwise scoping purchases without iTunes, the App...

iTunes music: The cost of removing Apple’s copy protection
apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com 1/7/2009 — 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 ...

Macworld Guessing: iPhone Tethering, iTunes Goes DRM-Free — Today @ PC World 1/6/2009
Macworld Expo rumors seem to never die. Latest have Apple allowing tethering and making iTunes 100 percent DRM-Free.

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 ...

Upgrading to a DRM-free iTunes library will cost you — CNET News.com 1/6/2009
Apple will not only offer new tracks stripped of copy-protection software, it will let you remove DRM from your existing iTunes collection--for 30 cents per song.

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 ...

Convert Your iTunes Purchases to MP3s — Latest from Computerworld 1/7/2009
As you've probably heard by now, Apple just announced plans to ditch DRM for good. That means all songs you purchase from iTunes will arrive on your PC without the usual copy-protection shackles.