SillyDog701

[Antony]

During Macworld San Francisco 2009 (MWSF2009) Apple has announced that all song will be free of DRM from the world's largest online music store - iTunes Store - by the end of March.

Starting from April 2009, songs on iTunes will be available at one of three price points - 69 cents (USD), 99 cents (USD) and $1.29 (USD) - with many more songs priced at 69 cents than $1.29.

Also a new improvement for iPhone 3G owners. iPhone 3G users can now preview and purchase the entire iTunes Store music catalog on their iPhone 3G over their 3G network, just as they do with Wi-Fi today, for the same price and in the same high quality format. Songs purchased on an iPhone will automatically sync to a user’s computer the next time they sync their iPhone and iPod.

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Don't steal music.

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[Don_HH2K]

If there aren't any lingering lock-in restrictions, I may just start buying some of my music off the iTunes store now and loading it into another player. 69 cents is much cheaper than Amazon's current 89- and 99-cent offerings.

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[Antony]

Apple first launched iTunes Plus Store on 31 May 2007 with new higher-quality (256 kbps AAC encoding), DRM-free music downloads from participating music labels for only 30 cents (USD) extra ($1.29 USD). Shortly on 17 October, 2007 all music from iTunes Plus have the same 99 cents per song (same as regular music).

Related discussion thread: [sdt=13219]DRM-free and even higher-quality songs on iTunes Store[/sdt] (2007)

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[Antony]

From Apple Hot News (just received)

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 customers can also now purchase and download songs directly onto their iPhone 3G over their 3G network — just as they do with Wi-Fi today — for the same price as downloading to their computer. And in April, based on what the music labels charge Apple, songs on iTunes will be available for 69¢, 99¢, or $1.29, with most albums still priced at $9.99.

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