i.gizmodo.com - 1/14/2009
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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 choose which stuff you can upgrade. This has ...
crave.cnet.co.uk - 1/13/2009
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crave.cnet.co.uk —
Apple's iTunes Store is almost completely DRM-free ,
and will be entirely DRM-free from spring. This means
files downloaded from iTunes work on heaps of devices that aren't from Apple. What better way to celebrate the final bullet to the living ...
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iTunes Plus: Everything you need to know
eff.org - 1/9/2009
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eff.org —
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 ...
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Apple Shows Us DRM's True Colors
apple.slashdot.org - 1/13/2009
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apple.slashdot.org —
"Apple's iTunes Plus files are DRM-free, but sharing
the files on P2P networks may be an extremely
bad idea. A report published by CNet highlights the fact that the account information and email address of the iTunes account holder is hidden inside ...
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CNet highlights: iTunes DRM-Free Files
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Apple lets you upgrade iTunes music to DRM-free, but only all at once
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... of those songs… for a fee. The catch, as our friend Wilson Rothman over at Gizmodo has discovered: You have to upgrade them all at once. ...
You Can Now Upgrade Your iTunes Library One Track at a Time [ITunes]
Gizmodo —
... Even though we're glad iTunes went totally DRM-free, we were pretty pissed you had to upgrade your entire collection to DRM-less, 256kbps bliss. But now you can upgrade track-by-track, for 30 cents a pop. [ ...
You Can Now Upgrade Your iTunes Library One Track or Album at a Time [ITunes]
Gizmodo —
... Though we're glad iTunes went DRM-free, we were pissed you had to upgrade your entire collection to DRM-less, 256kbps bliss. But now you can upgrade individual tracks (30 cents each) or albums (prices vary). [ ...
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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, ...
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 ...
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 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, ...
Is iTunes Ditching DRM Tomorrow ? [Rumor]
gizmodo.com 12/9/2008 — Speculation about if when iTunes would score DRM-free tracks from all major studios like Amazon and Walmart has been rampant , but according to a rumor at AppleInsider, all this speculation may come to an end tomorrow. AppleInsider cites a Dec. 3 ...
Changes Coming to the iTunes Store
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 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, ...
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