Apple iTunes deal
p2pnet news view Music:- Talk about closing the gate after the horse has gone, “Apple has cut deals that will finally enable iTunes to offer songs free of copy protection software from the three largest music labels, according to two sources close to the negotiations,” says CNET News.
“In exchange, Apple has agreed to become more flexible on pricing, the sources said,” says the story, going on »»»
Under the terms of the deal, song prices will be broken down into three categories — older songs from the catalog, midline songs (newer songs that aren’t big hits), and current hits — said one of the sources. Apple has offered songs free of digital rights management protections from EMI for more than a year. But EMI accounts for less than 10 percent of music sold in the U.S.; these new deals will expand iTunes’ DRM-free library to include songs from the other three major labels (Sony BMG, Universal, and Warner Music).
Apple and the music labels have also apparently come to terms on over-the-air downloads, according to a source. That would allow iPhone owners to download songs to their mobile devices via cell networks and without the aid of Wi-Fi. Apple, which closed the deals last week, could announce the agreements as early as Tuesday at the Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco.
Yawn.
CNET News – Apple to expand DRM-free music, pricing, January 5, 2009
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January 6th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Yawn? How about this then —-
“Now, you can choose from millions of iTunes Plus songs from all four major music labels and thousands of independents. With iTunes Plus, you get high-quality, 256-Kbps AAC encoding. All free of burn limits and digital rights management (DRM). So iTunes Plus music will play on iPod, Apple TV, all Mac and Windows computers, and many other digital music players. It’s also easy to upgrade your iTunes library to iTunes Plus. You don’t have to buy the song or album again. Just pay the 30¢ per song upgrade price. (Music video upgrades are 60¢ and entire albums can be upgraded for 30 percent of the album price.)”
http://www.apple.com/itunes/whatsnew/
January 6th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
^^ I usually delete comment posts which try to scrounge up free advertising.
But since it’s Apple, which can use all the help it can get …
Cheers!
January 6th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
@1
‘Now, you can choose from millions of iTunes plus songs’
lol TPB has been doing this since ‘05 =P
@Jon
Dont be Modest
DRM will be the death of iTunes I mean most of my friends dont know what DRM is all they see is the new shiny iPod Shuffle What happened to the humble walkmen or mp3?
January 6th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
and btw Jon you know the DTECNETRiaa Story and how you mentioned VPN4Life is a scam, TF reported