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tgdaily.com - 1/7/2009
Macworld 2009: iTunes now DRM-free, iPhone music purchases over 3G network are a go
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Remember last year when EMI was the only big music label that offered its music on Apple's iTunes free from the dreaded digital rights management (DRM)? It now appears that the remaining three labels have given up trying to build an iTunes rival. They've done this by now giving everyone ...
The Price Of Going DRM-Free: Apple’s Hidden $1.8 Billion Music Tax
techcrunch.com - 1/6/2009
The Price Of Going DRM-Free: Apple’s Hidden $1.8 Billion Music Tax
— techcrunch.com — Nearly two years ago, Steve Jobs published an open letter to the music industry calling for the... death of DRM (digital rights management). He convinced EMI to ditch DRM back in April, 2007, but the three other major music labels held out. Until ... (more) The Price Of Going DRM-Free: Apple’s Hidden $1.8 Billion ...

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Why Apple’s iTunes Concessions Are a Double-Edged Sword [GigaOM]
gigaom.com - 1/7/2009
Why Apple’s iTunes Concessions Are a Double-Edged Sword [GigaOM]
— gigaom.com — Apple’s announcements at Macworld may have lacked some of the flair and sizzle that CEO Steve Jobs... usually brought to his keynote, but there was one announcement that, arguably, will wind up changing the playing field considerably. That ... (more) Why Apple’s iTunes Concessions Are a Double-Edged Sword ...

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

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Phones Review:  Apple announce DRM free music on iTunes at Macworld 2009

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Apple announce DRM free music on iTunes at Macworld 2009
Phones Review — ... Group and Universal Music Group. Apple has stated that 8 out of 10 million songs on iTunes are available DRM free as of now while the other 2 million will become DRM free by March. However, Apple will not provide users who previously brought DRM music on iTunes with DRM free versions free of cost; rather Apple insists Apple iPhone users upgrade their exiting DRM tracks to DRM free format at a cost of 30 cents per song or 30% of the album price. Source – tgdaily ...

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