Steve Jobs Announces (some) DRM-free iTunes 838
Fjan11 writes "Steve Jobs just announced that starting next month on you can buy higher quality 256Kbps AAC encoded DRM-free versions of iTunes songs for $1.29. Upgrades to songs you've already bought will be available at the $0.30 price difference. Currently EMI is the only publisher participating, accounting for about 20% of the songs available." There's also reports from Reuters and ABC News. The deal excludes the Beatles. You can also read the official press release from Apple if you still think this a late joke; this story confirms earlier speculation.
American way... Super size (Score:4, Funny)
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Re:Great deal! (Score:3, Funny)
There, fixed that for you.
Re:Good job everyone! (Score:5, Funny)
It makes no sense to offer those downloads in WMA format. Why lock out 80% of the user base? If I was an online music retailer, I would sell mp3s. Apple doesn't care about AAC the way that Microsoft cares about WMA. WMA is Microsoft's attempt to control digital music the way they control operating systems. AAC is the format Apple used so that they could have the DRM that the labels wanted.
Today's announcement if the other labels go for it means that they have failed!!! failed!!!! FAILED!!!!!!!
Re:Fscking with my mix considered dangerous (Score:3, Funny)
The funny thing is, you stress over how your mix sounds and then I buy the CD and rip it to 128kbps MP3 and play it through my earbuds or my 14 year old stereo and can't hear a damned difference.
Maybe you're the one with the problem.
Re:Good job everyone! (Score:5, Funny)
Wow, there's a new business model here!
1. Strap payload to chair.
2. Place chair near Ballmer.
3. Thwart one of Microsoft's business plans.
3. Profit!
See, no missing step!
Re:$9.99 Albums will be 256kbps/DRM Free (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:It's a Start! (Score:3, Funny)
The Led Zeppelin Box Set [wikipedia.org] contains 44 tracks, and every single one is worth having. In fact, in Indiana, you had to know every measure of every single track to get through high school.
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Almost got it... (Score:4, Funny)
Now, if they'll go just one more step, and sell lossless music with no DRM, I'll be one of the first in line to purchase it!!!
I want my 'source' to be as good as I can get it...and I'll transcode to lower qualities myself for poor listening environments like portable players, the car etc. I can do that and have the higher quality sound for my home soundsystem.
So close...so close....
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