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By rss@youtube.com (macmostvideo) http://macmost.com/ A look at today's Apple announcements at the MacWorld Expo, including new updates to iLife and iWork, a new 17-inch MacBook Pro, and changes to how iTunes sells music.

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DRM-free mp3 tracks can be purchased from anywhere between 69¢ and $1.29. The per-track streaming fee is unlike subscription services, which Apple has long ... Apple In Talks To Acquire LalaBillboard Business News Will Apple shift itunes to the cloud?Stuff.tv

via iTunes, and you can load up your 'Berry in the field with 7digital, but now Android gets in on the action with the full launch of DRM-free peddler ... Lunchtime Lowdown: Palm Pixi review, iTunes for Android and Twitter mobile ...Mirror.co.uk

Users will also be able to watch videos, buy DRM-free tracks directly from iTunes and listen to play-lists created by artists. MySpace hopes the launch will ...

Telegraph.co.uk Teaming up with Apple iTunes it will enable DRM-free downloading. It will offer free streaming access to entire back catalogues of artists on both major and ... MySpace MusicAVreview.co.uk MySpace Music stumbles into the UK: EughCrave PC Advisor

SkyNewswire.com)--- There are many ways of removing iTunes DRM. On Windows, you can remove DRM from iTunes by ripping and burning a CD disc. ...

Make Free iPhone Ringtones Using iTunes blog) you can still make ringtones for your iPhone using only iTunes and songs that don't have DRM (such as the ones you've ripped from your old CDs). ...

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PC World If they can offer a large selection of DRM-free files in a form accessible by most non-Apple PMPs, they could draw in a lot of customers. ... Sony to launch online portalUberGizmo (blog) Sony Online Service: iTunes rival attempts to Save Our SalesCrave

The site is offering DRM free songs and albums at a fraction of the price offered by iTunes. An initial inspection of their music library left us quite ... iTunes To Be Forced to Drop Prices to Compete with TunesProMelodika.net all 4 news articles »

In a couple of months, the company introduced its first DRM-free iTunes Plus tracks. By April 2009, all of iTune's music became available in a DMR-free ... and more »

Palm cuts prices with Pixi smartphone, may not clarify its prospects Washington Post (blog) Palm touts the Pre's built-in iTunes compatibility -- "use the Palm media sync feature to transfer your DRM-free iTunes music, videos and photos to your ... and more »

iTunes Music Store Review Anything But iPod (blog) You might wonder what anything with "iTunes" in the title is doing on a site called Anything but iPod. Well, iTunes made the leap from DRM to DRM free ... Convert iTunes PodCasts Into RSS FeedsSecuObs all 3 news articles »

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By Thomas Ricker Remember that legal dealio with Apple that erupted after the Norwegian Consumer Council, Forbrukerrådet, read the iTunes EULA? Right, that toothless complaint that waffled on for years until it was finally rendered moot by Apple going DRM-free -- long after Apple benefited from the i...

By Joseph L. Flatley Did you hear the news? Apple "resurrected" the LP! It turns out that a complete reversal of millions of music lover's listening habits has been accomplished by throwing some images, videos, interviews, and DRM-free 256Kbps AAC audiofiles into a WebKit package playable in iTunes. OK, so...

Apple has launched a Mexican version of the iTunes Music Store, opening up digital music sales to the country. All tracks are DRM-free, as in the US, but cost a universal 12 pesos individually, though album prices may vary. Music videos cost approximately 24 pesos each. The Mexican iTunes St...

PreCentral points out that it's "mighty silly, given that all of the music in the iTunes Store is now DRM-free and Apple has no reason to be kicking people out of their happy little ecosystem." Macworld's Philip Michaels took a different view, ...

 Australia Every song on the iTunes Stores is an iTunes Plus song. iTunes Plus songs are all free of burn limits and digital rights management (DRM). So in addition to playing on iPods and iPhones, the music you buy will work on many other digital music players. ...

 Texas There's excellent integration with iTunes, making your cloud-stored music appear local. I especially like the audio streaming support in the iPhone app — if your library has DRM-free music like mine does, you can stream tunes from the cloud to your ...

There's also an increased emphasis on experimentation and better legal alternatives, which have finally started to hit the marketplace over the last year—services like Amazon's music store, DRM-free iTunes, Spotify, Hulu, and Epix.

But that was almost 10 years ago, and now that the recording industry has come around to the idea of selling DRM-free tracks on iTunes, Amazon, ... and more »

zoom in and flip through facility, display of text messages at the bottom of the screen, combined messaging enabled by IM window of text based conversations, built-in camera and flash, music player, transfer of DRM-free iTunes music, podcasts, ...

Sony still needs to figure out how to create an iTunes-like experience. Now that iTunes has DRM-free music, users can download songs from Apple's store and add them to their Walkmans, but that's not nearly as convenient as downloading songs directly ... Sony Android Walkman Coming PMP Today

pulpTunes supports MP3 and AAC files, so it can even handle your DRM-free downloads from the iTunes music store. Additionally, the app supports iTunes DJ, ... and more »

Informitv  CA That was a bigger deal in the years before every song on iTunes went DRM-free, but many users (myself included) have never paid the 30 cents a song needed to upgrade their older libraries — so DoubleTwist still has a purpose, if you for some reason ...

And now that the iTunes Store sells DRM-free AAC tracks, those will also play natively on the Pre. Since the Pre works with Google Calendar and Contacts, you can export your Palm Desktop PIM data—or your local Outlook data—and then import it into ...

He came up with a way that lets users copy music from iTunes that is DRM-free–without so-called digital rights management software that limits unauthorized copying–onto non-Apple devices. The software also lets users manage their music for all of their ...

And your DRM'ed iTunes songs won't make it over either, but your MP3 and DRM-free ones will. 7) Facebook and Google sync well. Not only does it have push Gmail, there's something called Synergy that grabs your Facebook and Google contacts and merges ...

Last week, news broke that the Palm Pre is able to sync with iTunes, allowing for easy loading of DRM-free media. At the time, Apple DRM expert Jon Johansen surmised that the Pre must be emulating an iPod by transmitting Apple-specific vendor and ...

 CA claimed that moving to DRM-free downloads revitalized the label's sales of digital full albums, as opposed to singles, contradicting the industry's fear that users would cherry-pick fewer tracks in the iTunes age, leading to less revenue per sale. ...

In a little-noticed statement that accompanied his comments, Palm said that media sync is a feature of the Pre's WebOS that "synchronizes seamlessly with iTunes, giving you a simple and easy way to transfer DRM-free music, photos and videos to your ...

Don't kick yourself if you've already downloaded decks of discographies from the Vodafone Music Store: if they're DRM-less tomorrow, you can just download them again for free, which is a better deal than Apple offered when iTunes made the jump earlier ...

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PC World  CA as far as they are concerned, so perhaps there will be no "official" issue here. by orangeneptune June 2, 2009 4:11 AM PDT First - Apple doesn't mind the revenue that comes from non-iPod users buying DRM-free music from iTunes. ...

as high as the original rate of 128 kbps) and made them all DRM-Free via their iTunes Plus Store, they also raised the price of an MP3 to $1.29 a piece. ... and more »

 UK Despite all the major labels signing up to DRM-free distribution on iTunes, Amazon and other stores, they still haven't agreed deals with eMusic. That's about to change according to the New York Times, which says Sony Music Entertainment will announce ...

 CA Now, it depends on your level of cynicism as to how you interpret the details, but those who feel generous suggest that variable pricing is necessary in order to cover the cost of making iTunes music available to customers DRM-free. ...

 NY Simply connect Pre to your PC or Mac via the USB cable, select 'media sync' on the phone, and iTunes will launch on your computer desktop. You can then choose which DRM-free media files to transfer," the company says today in a press release. ...

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Telegraph.co.uk  CA But one tricky thing about this on the iPhone is its close ties with iTunes, which means that many of its users probably have some DRM-protected music, which won't work over Imeem's streaming service. But I assume the new iTunes Plus, DRM-free variety ...

Sounds like somebody should inform him of DRM-free iTunes [slashdot.org]. However when asked about customer confusion over too many open technologies, he claims that the customer will always like choice so the more the better. Didn't get published so I ...

Will the record labels continue to try and squeeze more and more out of the bestselling hits? Do we care? I know I barely thought twice about hitting the buy-button on $0.99 DRM-free, 256-bit iTunes music. At $1.29, however, psychological barrier or ...

 FL - Rene Ritchie iTunes upgrades of music to DRM free? Oppenheimer: too soon to tell. Cook: Strong partner for iPod, expanded for iPhone. Believe they provide extended reach into areas not hitting before. Pleased with results so far, but early going and not much to ...

CNET News  UK - Amy-Mae Elliott Other new features in the software update include the ability to set alarms to wake to music, set timers to turn off music automatically, playback of DRM-protected Microsoft WMA files as well as full support for iTunes' DRM-free AAC music. ...

 NY That era is over: in exchange for moving to a higher bitrate and going 100% DRM free (hooray) iTunes has officially introduced "variable pricing" (boo), which means each track may cost 69 cents, 99 cents, or $1.29—it all depends on the song and the ...

 NY I recently checked the status of my "Upgrade to iTunes Plus" section of the iTunes store. I have never even considered upgrading any of my songs due to the fact that i payed $.99 for tracks with DRM and now they're $.99 without DRM and Apple still ... Amazon MP3 (Winter 2009) PC Magazine

By rss@youtube.com (MeetTheMac) This is a method when you have protected music files on your itunes library and you want to make it DRM free or unprotect it. Unprotecting it gives you the access to put the music on an MP3, PSP, cell phone, or even use it in a youtube video(but that is against copyright laws). Hope this helps, PLE...

By Wilson Rothman You're snickering. Not about the baseball bat (I hope), but about the whole spending-money-on-iTunes thing. Yep, I am a recovered iTunes DRM-music-buying addict. I still pay for music, but now Amazon is the legitimate source of all my thankfully DRM-free impulse buys.

By Tom Reestman Like many users, I’m pleased that the labels are finally allowing Apple to sell music free of DRM copy protection. Given that the labels have allowed this for many other vendors (Amazon, Wal-Mart, Zune Store, etc.) I think they’ve been flirting with collusion on the iTunes store for a while...

By Peter Cohen During yesterday's keynote address at Macworld Expo, Apple made three significant changes to its iTunes Store. Undoubtedly the biggest news is that Apple will finally stop selling music with its FairPlay Digital Rights Management (DRM) restrictions.

By Andy Carvell Apple is now offering DRM-free versions of music tracks via ‘iTunes Plus’ and has introduced a 3-tier pricing model. The announcement at the MacWorld conference confirmed recent speculation about the move to drop DRM.  8 million of the 10 million tracks in the iTunes catalog will be avai...

Bowing to pressure from the record industry — as well as cheaper, DRM-free rivals like Amazon.com and Napster — Apple introduced elasticity to the price of iTunes music. Prior to its announcement at MacWorld yesterday, all iTunes tracks were available for $0.99, with CDs typically runnin...

About eight million songs from major labels to be DRM-free

The RIAA has been backing away from lawsuits. This deal with Apple might explain why they have been doing that," said Phil Leigh, senior analyst at Inside Digital Media. "Apparently the RIAA was negotiating a big deal with iTunes to sell DRM-free tracks. It seems to me like the RIAA has accept...

The RIAA has been backing away from lawsuits. This deal with Apple might explain why they have been doing that," said Phil Leigh, senior analyst at Inside Digital Media. "Apparently the RIAA was negotiating a big deal with iTunes to sell DRM-free tracks. It seems to me like the RIAA has accept...

After years of fits, starts, threats and ultimatums, Steve Jobs and three major labels have come to terms on a deal: Music will be available immediately on iTunes without DRM restrictions. Free of the...

By Talez Who would have known that that the death of DRM would come in the form of a press release? While MP3 stores are nothing new, with iTunes moving to a 100% DRM free catalog by the 31st of March this now cements a de facto standard of DRM free music in the marketplace. As a side effect it's now a near ce...

By The Huffington Post News Editors SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc. closed its final appearance at the Macworld trade show Tuesday by cutting the price of some songs in its market-leading iTunes online store to as little as 69 cents and disclosing that soon every track will be available without copy protection. More on Apple

By Paul Biba At the keynote address of the Macworld Expo, Apple announced that iTunes will go DRM-free on 8 million iTunes songs as of today. By the end of the quarter the remaining 2 million songs will be DRM-free, making the entire catalog available without DRM. You can read Macworld’s coverage of the k...

By Bobbie Johnson Apple today announced that its entire iTunes music catalogue will soon be available without any copy protection, after agreeing a new deal with the world's major record labels. By the end of the quarter all 10 million songs will be DRM free in iTunes and iTunes plus," said Phil Schiller, Ap...

Since the dawn of time, or so it seems, Steve Jobs and the major labels have been at war on two fronts: digital rights management and pricing. Apple wants to sell music without DRM, so that it's easie...

By John Gruber As of two minutes ago, it appears you can now buy music from iTunes from your iPhone over EDGE and 3G, not just Wi-Fi. Even better: all the music in the store appears to be DRM-free now. I’m guessing Phil Schiller will announce it later on in the keynote. Maybe this is the “one more thing”?

Taking a cue from Apple CEO Steve Jobs' previous Macworld keynotes, Vice-President of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller saved "one more thing" for the end of his Tuesday morning talk: DRM-free music on iTunes, with multi-tier pricing: US$0.69, $0.99, and $1.29 per song. Eight million of t...

At the Apple keynote at Macworld Expo 2009 in San Francisco Philip W. Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide product marketing for Apple, followed absent Apple boss Steve Jobs' tradition of announcing "one last thing". ... Read iTunes finally goes DRM-free on Pocket-lint now

By Eliot Van Buskirk Since the dawn of time, or so it seems, Steve Jobs and the major labels have been at war on two fronts: digital rights management and pricing. According to CNET, negotiations between Apple and the world's three largest record labels may finally have produced an agreement that would give ea...

By Daniel Kreps • Apple Reveals New iPod Nano, iTunes Update Apple reportedly has signed a deal with three more major labels to bring more DRM-free MP3s to their iTunes digital music store. The announcement of the deal with Sony, Universal and Warner Music is expected to be the centerpiece of today’s Macw...

By Kevin Purdy Update: Gizmodo confirms the announcement. The good news: CNET has sources saying the three largest music labels will allow Apple to offer music downloads free of copy-protection. And the bad news might not be that bad. Will variable, DRM-free pricing make you a (new or returning) iTunes c...

By David Rothman Reminder: Apple plans to let ScrollMotion use Apple DRM on e-books in SM’s format. Speak up! Also put in a word for ePub. Do we really want Steve Jobs rather than the IDPF setting e-book standards? Related: Techmeme roundup on iTunes’ new DRM-free arrangements.

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.

By charles.cooper@cnet.com (CNET.com) Macworld--the last Macworld with Apple as a participant--got under way in San Francisco on Tuesday, with Apple unveiling plans to expand DRM-free tunes. CNET News' Greg Sandoval, who broke that story Monday, also talks about Apple's plans to roll...

By David Rothman But now it’s back without any new tracks or information. It seems to me that Apple is clearly working on this area, but it doesn’t appear to be set for a new launch yet. Perhaps this is because when Apple does unveil the remaining studios selling DRM-free music, basically the whole of iTunes wi...

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The .m4p is usually used as the music format for the iTunes Store DRM copy protected content, while .m4a is now being used by the iTunes Store for DRM-free, unprotected music files. Learn how to convert M4A to MP3 audio format [...] ...

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It is very easy to create free ringtones for your iPhone 3G using only iTunes and songs you already have on your computer. This tutorial shows how to perform step by step. It only works with songs that are DRM free. ...

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By Adam Frucci The Walmart MP3 store has always seemed like the third wheel of online music stores behind Amazon and iTunes. Sure, it offers up DRM-free MP3s, but it only worked for Windows users on IE, which limited its appeal. But now, Walmart has finally added support for Mac and Linux users, as well as Fi...

By dudude This article details how to burn DRM encrypted iTunes music to MP3. Shown are the way of using real CD disc and that of virtual CD drive.

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By Paul Biba iTunes continued to grow in terms of awareness, usage, familiarity, and ‘best brand’ mentions. Amazon had a strong first year, with initial awareness, usage, favorability and ‘best brand’ ratings comparable to any of the top brands after iTunes. Moreover, Amazon actually matched iTun...

You can do this to any song with the exception of those that are DRM protected in iTunes. Check out the Cnet video below on how to create ringtones in iTunes for your iPhone for FREE. Posted: October 7, 2008.

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By iphonegeek Now there is one more addition, iTunes 8. Yes you can actually create free ringtones using iTunes. CNET carried out a article and video on how to do that. Steps : 1. Find an MP3 (not AAC or anything with DRM [ie not bought, ...

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By Christen da Costa Hit the video after the ‘leap’ for the demonstration or read my break down below on how to make a custom iPhone ringtone, totally free, using JUST iTunes 8. Find an MP3 (not AAC or anything with DRM [ie not bought, except Amazon]) ...

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So all you need to do is take an m4a file which is DRM free and not more than 30 seconds, rename it to m4r and add it to iTunes. You can check out this step by step guide (courtesy theAppleBlog) to create free custom ringtones for your ...

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By Mike Schramm The thing about DRM is that there are always exceptions to the rules-- while Apple has released lots of DRM-free music, lots of it is still bogged down by DRM, and if you're like me, you disagree that any music you purchase should be limited in the ways that you use it.

By info Wal-Mart will continue to offer its existing WMA-format music downloads. Thus, customers may select the option of MP3-format downloads at 256 kbps for $0.94/track and/or WMA-format downloads at 128 kbps for $0.88/track. It looks breaking Apple’s lock on digital music downloads is so imp...

By Mark Wilson A new edition of FairUse4WM has been released, allowing for Zune Marketplace WMAs to be stripped of their DRM so you can have fair use rights your purchases—copying to other devices at will. Think of it as a Zune without the Zune...or better yet...iTunes DRM-free without the Mac vs. PC bickering. Fo...

By Mat Lu Filed under: iTS, iTunesOur own Erica was one of the first to discover that personal information is encoded in DRM-free iTunes Plus files. If you want to remove that watermarking, Playlist Magazine has a solution: TUAW favorite audio editor Fission ($32) from Rogue Amoeba "can strip out...

By Om Malik While reading Liz’s post about Lala, a light bulb went off: Warner Music Group has started offering DRM free music, just like EMI. “When they (Lala) go live users will be able to buy unencrypted AACS files,” she writes. EMI was the first major music label to offer DRM free music.

By Jimmy Daniels Specifically, if you burn a playlist of iTunes’ protected music to a CD in iTunes 7.2 and then rip that CD in the MP3 format (a trick people often use to remove the tracks’ copy protection), those MP3 tracks won’t copy to an iPod. Try, and you’ll be told that the tracks are incompatible with the i...

When asked by e-mail when he thought that Apple would offer high-bitrate tracks (that is, CD quality, or closer to 1,440 Kbps) Gideon was not optimistic. "I think Apple views the new iTunes Plus tracks as high bitrate -- in other words, they already are available, but only on the iTunes Plus...

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When asked by e-mail when he thought that Apple would offer high-bitrate tracks (that is, CD quality, or closer to 1,440 Kbps) Gideon was not optimistic. "I think Apple views the new iTunes Plus tracks as high bitrate -- in other words, they already are available, but only on the iTunes Plus...

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By Nilay Patel iTunes updates always seem to come with some growing pains, and yesterday's release of iTunes Plus and iTunes 7.2 doesn't look like it's any exception. We're hearing reports that the new iTunes Plus "Upgrade My Library" feature doesn't work as expected (when it works at all), that Plus dow...

By info Buzz about Apple’s introduction of iTunes Plus, which offers DRM-free music tracks for $1.29 each, has turned into concern for some. Posts at Ars Technica and TUAW have revealed that Apple is embedding personal information, such as your name and email address, in music files (including...

Along with a new version of iTunes released today Apple has launched iTunes Plus, a premium service that offers music tracks free of copy protection, keeping its promise to offer EMI Group's digital catalog in May, inclu...

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Apple updates iTunes for DRM-free music sales InfoWorld, CA - May 30, 2007 Apple has taken another step toward selling DRM-free tracks from EMI and other labels through its new iTunes Plus service. The company released an update to ...

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iTunes 7.2 adds the ability to purchase "iTunes Plus" (DRM-free) tracks iTunes 7.2 adds the ability to purchase "iTunes Plus" (DRM-free) tracks

Despite the software update, the Apple iTunes Store itself does not show any DRM-Free music currently available for purchase. The DRM-Free launch will likely occur later this morning (Wed, May 30th). From the iTunes Help, it appears you will be able to upgrade your existing songs to the iT...

By Scott Dawson This version of iTunes allows you to purchase iTunes Plus music—new higher-quality, DRM-free music downloads from participating music labels. Following yesterdays Quicktime Security Update Apple has just released iTunes 7.2 via Software update and standalone download. This versio...

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An update to iTunes has added support for DRM-free music track downloads through the iTunes Store, now called "iTunes Plus."

An update to iTunes has added support for DRM-free music track downloads through the iTunes Store, now called "iTunes Plus."

By Michael By the time you read this, you will probably be able to download DRM Free tracks from iTunes.  Apple, late last night, sent out the 7.2 update of iTunes that includes iTunes Plus, the much talked about higher encoded, DRM free audio tracks from EMI.

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The original e-commerce giant is throwing down the digital music gauntlet. With iTunes, Amazon, and EMI on the bandwagon, could the world of copyright-protected music finally be coming to an end? With the exception of EMI, record labels have fought against the notion of DRM-free music,...

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The original e-commerce giant is throwing down the digital music gauntlet. With iTunes, Amazon, and EMI on the bandwagon, could the world of copyright-protected music finally be coming to an end? With the exception of EMI, record labels have fought against the notion of DRM-free music,...

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By Richard Driver If Amazon can successfully create a new service to compete with iTunes, then an "Amazon-tunes" service could revolutionize the still new market. The key will be the utilization of DRM-free tracks. Amazon will need to join Apple in convincing the other labels to drop DRM, which has been an i...

Last month, Britain's EMI Music Group PLC, home to artists such as Coldplay, Norah Jones and Joss Stone, agreed to let iTunes sell tracks without the copy-protection technology known as digital-rights management. The DRM-free tracks cost 30 cents more than copy-restricted versions o...

Apple and EMI announced this week that you'll soon be able to buy higher-quality, DRM-free digital music from EMI artists through the iTunes Music Store.

By A.L. Harper What is DRM you might ask? DRM (Digital Rights Management) is the umbrella term that refers to any technologies used by publishers or copyright owners to control access to, and usage of digital data; in this case music. It is also used to restrict which devices you can use the music you have p...

EMI Music?s entire digital music catalogue will be available for purchase without digital rights management (DRM) from the iTunes Store worldwide in May. Apple chief executive Steve Jobs predicted that more than half of the songs on iTunes will be available in DRM-free versions by the e...

By Om Malik Apple and EMI announced this morning their decision to sell digital music downloads without digital rights management via Apple’s iTunes store. Apple will sell higher quality songs (256 kbps) for $1.29 a song without DRM though consumers are free to choose lower priced DRM tracks. Album p...

By Cory Doctorow Why Apple is to blame for iTunes DRM Apple sued for iTunes/iPod monopoly tying Apple and Sony sued for non-interoperable DRM Germany and France challenge iTunes DRM Sony: DRM cost us the Walkman DRM company vows to hack iTunes DRM Sony rootkit ripped off anti-DRM code to break into iTunes

By mailroomuk@zdnet.com (Caroline McCarthy) DRM-free EMI tracks will sell for a premium on iTunes, in a move that may force other big labels to follow suit

By info Apple’s iTunes Store is the first online music store to receive EMI’s new premium downloads. Apple has announced that iTunes will make individual AAC format tracks available from EMI artists at twice the sound quality of existing downloads, with their DRM removed, at a price of $1.29/€1.2...

 CA - Dave Goldberg, head of Yahoo Music, agrees with Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ recent call for DRM-free music. “I’ve long advocated removing DRM on music because ... What if iTunes went 2.0? GigaOm all 2 news articles

By Om Malik Share/Send Ted Wallingford has an interesting idea - Apple should turn iTunes into indyTunes. Now that the company CEO Steve Jobs has picked a fight thrown the gauntlet to with the music industry, challenging them to allow him to sell DRM-free music, Wallingford writes that Apple should...

Today, Apple's Steve Jobs publicly threw down this gauntlet: "If the big four music companies would license Apple their music without the requirement that it be protected with a DRM, we would switch to selling only DRM-free music on our iTunes store... Apple will embrace this wholehearted...

Apple[base ']s preferred outcome, Jobs says, is outcome (3), selling DRM-free music. This is notable, and somewhat surprising, as the consensus has been that Apple strategy has been to seek outcome (1), using its proprietary DRM to lock customers in to its iTunes-iPod world. If Apple rea...