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gogogo
Sell more ipods on the backs of the music artists. Apples doesn't give a hoot about artists just selling more ipods.
Disillusioned
I wonder if his will include lifting the DRM on previously purchased music?
majimeaussie
The title is misleading. It would be as correct for it to say "Apple cuts copy protection and INCREASES prices on iTunes"
soldave
Disillusioned - excellent question. Anyone have an answer to that one?
spudman
answered "Customers who previously purchased copy-protected tracks from the iTunes Music Store will have the option of converting their songs to DRM-free with one click for the price of 30 cents per track — roughly 30% of the original cost"
soldave
Well I bet people are ecstatic at having to shell out more money.
Disillusioned
Has anybody ever heard of Demonoid? There is no copy protection on their downloads. They also have a much better range than the iTunes store.
The_True
i am a member of Demonoid for a about 3 years now :)
cleo
Demonoid was shut down a while ago because of law suits or some such - they were hosting a lot of copyright stuff, games complete with passwords etc. I was surprised to hear that they're up and running again. I wonder if they've cleaned their act up at all.
jonnyboy
the title is misleading. it should be "record labels remove requirements for copy protection on the itunes store in exchange for a tiered pricing programme". apple has never been an advocate of DRM, it has always been the labels that wanted it
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/ (feb 2007)
no, thank the lord, it may well have had its day. if anyone is a villain in the music business it is the music business itself