We can finally play iTunes songs on our Zune (Apple does away with DRM)
So it looks like Apple an EMI have entered an agreement to offer DRM-free music on iTunes for $1.29. Here's a snippet from the article on AppleInsider.com
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EMI Music launches DRM-free iTunes downloads in higher-quality
By AppleInsider Staff
Published: 08:25 AM EST Apple today announced that EMI Music's entire digital catalog of music will be available for purchase DRM-free (without digital rights management) from the iTunes Store worldwide in May.
DRM-free tracks from EMI will be offered at higher quality 256 kbps AAC encoding, resulting in audio quality indistinguishable from the original recording, for just $1.29 per song. In addition, iTunes customers will be able to easily upgrade their entire library of all previously purchased EMI content to the higher quality DRM-free versions for just 30 cents a song, Apple said.
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iTunes will also offer customers a simple, one-click option to easily upgrade their entire library of all previously purchased EMI content to the higher quality DRM-free format for 30 cents a song. All EMI music videos will also be available in DRM-free format with no change in price.
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Edit: It looks like there's also info on EMI's official site where you can listen to a webcast of the event and see pictures
Last edited by NPrtmn4evr; 04-03-2007 at 05:10 AM..
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