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Apple inks deals for all DRM-free iTunes, 3G downloads
AppleInsider —
... Published: 09:55 PM EST In what could be a significant victory for its online music store, Apple is believed to have landed agreements not only to remove copy protection from the music of all major labels but to also allow direct music downloads to iPhones over cellular networks. The deal reported by sources speaking to CNET News.com would see Apple break its longtime insistence on a fixed per-track rate for songs and give in to ...
Apple said in deals for all DRM-free iTunes, 3G downloads
AppleInsider —
... Published: 09:55 PM EST In what could be a significant victory for its online music store, Apple is claimed to have landed agreements not only to remove copy protection from the music of all major labels but to allow direct music downloads to iPhones over cellular networks. The deal mentioned by alleged sources of CNET would have Apple break its longtime insistence on a fixed per-track rate for songs and give in to ...
Apple ditching DRM? 3G iTunes downloads?
CrunchGear —
... It seems that Apple has cut a deal with music labels to remove DRM. This might come at a cost though. Songs will now supposedly be sold at variable prices with newer songs and hits selling above the usual 99¢ price and older songs selling for as low as 79¢. ...
Last Minute Macworld 2009 Rumors and Predictions
I4U News —
... as much as possible. On the hardware side I am not sure if we see that much new stuff as Apple is changing into a full own event driven mode in 2009. Still, I imagine that Apple is really going to announce a new iMac, 17 inch unibody MacBook Pro and a new Mac mini as these should have been updated already in last fall. A new rumor talks about Apple expanding their DRM free music offering according to CNet . This would be a nice move giving consumers more flexibility on where to play purchased music. Another last minute rumor hopes for a ...
Macworld Guessing: iPhone Tethering, iTunes Goes DRM-Free
Today @ PC World —
... around the Macworld Expo this week, say that Apple will announce a 5GB data cap, $30-a-month (on top of your existing AT&T iPhone price plan) iPhone-as-modem feature, so that users can connect from their laptops to the Internet via their iPhone. The expected price plan could be quite expensive on top of the usual iPhone data plan, however, it is cheaper than an EV-DO or HSDPA card plan, usually around $60-a-month. In related news, it is also rumored that Apple will offer all songs from the ...
iTunes About To Go DRM-Free
RIMarkable —
According to CNET, Apple iTunes is about to go DRM-free and it could be officially announced as early as today at MacWorld.
There is probably going to be a price increase in hit music titles, as the big three labels have forced convinced Apple to be flexible on pricing going forward.
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iTunes to Drop Most Copy Protection, Vary Prices [ITunes Music Store]
Lifehacker —
[image] 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. In exchange for the DRM-free tracks, Apple will reportedly allow labels to push three tiers of pricing. Older songs from the archives will likely get cheaper than 99 cents, songs that are newer and "midline" (i.e. not big hits) will inhabit the familiar 99 cent mark, and newer, bigger hits will fetch higher, unnamed dollar amounts. If announced at the Macworld conference today which our ...
iTunes Drops Most Copy Protection, Varies Prices [ITunes Store]
Lifehacker —
... . 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. In exchange for the DRM-free tracks, Apple will reportedly allow labels to push three tiers of pricing. Older songs from the archives will likely get cheaper than 99 cents, songs that are newer and "midline" (i.e. not big hits) will inhabit the familiar 99 cent mark, and newer, bigger hits will fetch higher, unnamed dollar amounts. If announced at the Macworld conference today which our ...
iTunes May Drop Most Copy Protection, Vary Prices [ITunes Music Store]
Lifehacker —
[image] 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. In exchange for the DRM-free tracks, Apple will reportedly allow labels to push three tiers of pricing. Older songs from the archives will likely get cheaper than 99 cents, songs that are newer and "midline" (i.e. not big hits) will inhabit the familiar 99 cent mark, and newer, bigger hits will fetch higher, unnamed dollar amounts. If announced at the Macworld conference today which our ...
BREAKING: Apple iTMS To Go DRM-free
GEARFUSE —
[image] Stop the presses! Hold the phone! Did you hear? Apple is getting rid of DRM ! Yay! This is so awesome! Know why? Because, ah…. Uh….hmm. Mrrr…rzp? Yeah, nevermind. Nobody buys music anyway and those who do probably don’t give a shit about DRM. Big whoop. Apple will most likely announce some kind of pricing scheme deal as well during Macworld. Record labels. You get the idea here. Too bad they won’t be announcing the Macbook Wheel anytime soon. Link
