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Press
Steve Jobs Bullied Record Execs Into iTunes Deal on Christmas Eve
11:00AM Matt Buchanan | While Steve Jobs wasn’t personally at Macworld to reveal that iTunes was going DRM-free and OTA downloadable, he’s the one who made it happen—he bullied Sony Music’s chairman over the phone on Christmas Eve. More »
Software
You Can Now Upgrade Your iTunes Library One Track or Album at a Time
4:00AM Matt Buchanan | Though we’re glad iTunes went DRM-free, we were pissed you had to upgrade your entire collection to DRM-less, 256kbps bliss. But now you can upgrade individual tracks (30 cents each) or albums (prices vary). [iLounge] More »
Music
iTunes Wants $US250 To Upgrade My Music Collection (Or the Deal’s Off)
4:35PM Wilson Rothman | I knew I had a full-blown music-purchasing problem when I went to “upgrade” my iTunes collection—raising the quality and stripping the pestilential DRM—and the grand total came to an all-or-nothing $US250. More »
Entertainment
Yep, iTunes Embeds Your Email Address in DRM-Free Tracks, Move Along
6:00AM Matt Buchanan | Yes, iTunes embeds your email address in its DRM-free iTunes Plus files, which now make up the entire iTunes store. But don’t panic—it’s been like this since iTunes Plus launched. More »
Entertainment
8:26AM Nick Broughall | Apple’s Macworld announcement that the entire iTunes catalogue is ditching the God-awful DRM that has kept it back is fantastic news for music lovers worldwide. After all, now you can purchase music that you can listen to on whatever device you want, however many times you want, all for the same price (until their new pricing structure kicks in, I guess). But what about the tunes you’ve already purchased, laced with hidden DRM and holding your music collection back?
Well, despite the fact that you can purchase the same tracks for the same price without DRM, if you’ve already purchased a DRM-encoded version, you’ll need to pay Apple 50 cents per track to remove the restrictions, or $1.00 per track for music videos. More »
How You’ll Pay For DRM-Free iTunes Downloads
8:26AM Nick Broughall | Apple’s Macworld announcement that the entire iTunes catalogue is ditching the God-awful DRM that has kept it back is fantastic news for music lovers worldwide. After all, now you can purchase music that you can listen to on whatever device you want, however many times you want, all for the same price (until their new pricing structure kicks in, I guess). But what about the tunes you’ve already purchased, laced with hidden DRM and holding your music collection back?
Well, despite the fact that you can purchase the same tracks for the same price without DRM, if you’ve already purchased a DRM-encoded version, you’ll need to pay Apple 50 cents per track to remove the restrictions, or $1.00 per track for music videos. More »
Music
iTunes Gets DRM Free, New Prices, Purchase Over 3G
4:25AM Jesus Diaz | iTunes is going DRM free and breaking their single-price rule with three points: 69 US cents, 99 US cents, and $US1.29. Not surprised, given the pressure from other music stores. The iPhone will allow 3G downloads too. More »
Music
12:32PM Nick Broughall | The guys at CNet are reporting that Apple could announce DRM-free music from all four of the major music studios (not just EMI) at Macworld, along with restructured pricing. They also say that over-the-air music downloads (as in via 3G, not Wi-Fi) could be coming soon as well. More »
Rumour: Apple To Sell DRM-Free Music On iTunes At Varying Prices
12:32PM Nick Broughall | The guys at CNet are reporting that Apple could announce DRM-free music from all four of the major music studios (not just EMI) at Macworld, along with restructured pricing. They also say that over-the-air music downloads (as in via 3G, not Wi-Fi) could be coming soon as well. More »
Entertainment
Is iTunes Ditching DRM Tomorrow?
10:56AM Wilson Rothman | Speculation about if when iTunes would score DRM-free tracks from all major studios like Amazon and Walmart has been rampant, but according to a rumour at AppleInsider, all this speculation may come to an end tomorrow. More »
Deals
4:00PM Nick Broughall | I generally don’t buy music online – I’m still a purist at heart who likes to own all my music on CDs. If I was planning on spending some online dollars on some tunes though, I’d be all over this deal from BigPond – essentially they’re offering 50% off the price of a $50 or $100 BigPond Music gift card. You can’t pick them up online, which means you actually have to go to the shops, but considering BigPond sell a good chunk of their music (from all the majors) in non-DRM’d MP3 format, it’s easy to buy the music from BigPond then transfer it over to iTunes (or other music management software for the half-dozen Apple haters out there). Deal runs until December 31st, so maybe it’s that perfect last-minute Xmas gift for that hard to please colleague?
[BigPond Music via Lifehacker] More »
Dealzmodo: Save 50% On BigPond Music Vouchers
4:00PM Nick Broughall | I generally don’t buy music online – I’m still a purist at heart who likes to own all my music on CDs. If I was planning on spending some online dollars on some tunes though, I’d be all over this deal from BigPond – essentially they’re offering 50% off the price of a $50 or $100 BigPond Music gift card. You can’t pick them up online, which means you actually have to go to the shops, but considering BigPond sell a good chunk of their music (from all the majors) in non-DRM’d MP3 format, it’s easy to buy the music from BigPond then transfer it over to iTunes (or other music management software for the half-dozen Apple haters out there). Deal runs until December 31st, so maybe it’s that perfect last-minute Xmas gift for that hard to please colleague?
[BigPond Music via Lifehacker] More »
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