Posts Tagged with ‘drm-free’

In the hours following Apple and EMI’s debut of DRM-free music on the iTunes Store, the blogosphere was abuzz with good cheer, but soon thereafter grew a body of dissenters to an unofficially announced measure apparently taken by Apple and EMI to ensure that media purchased within the iTunes Plus milieu are “traceable.” Upon quick inspection of the issue, one could see clear reason for the response to the Big-Brother-esque strategy Apple and EMI have employed.
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Apple today launched a subset of iTunes, dubbed iTunes Plus, established to market DRM-free, 256kbps-quality audio tracks to consumers interesting in obtaining unrestricted files for playback and to transfer any which way they so wish – as long as the application and/or device they prefer using recognizes the AAC file format. All iTunes Plus tracks cost $1.29, though full albums will run iTunes Store customers the same amount as those with digital rights management software attached.
As AppleInsider has reported, the [...]

What is the agreed-upon value of a digital download by nearly all involved with music distribution? Ninety-nine cents. So what is EMI’s reasoning in asking the consumers of their digital downloads to pay a 30% premium for 256kbps, DRM-free tracks on iTunes?
I think I can sum it up in three words. Because. They’re. Afraid. The majority of the music industry’s controllers are averse to change. They hate it. They want to keep things the way they are, and they just want [...]