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more about #drmfree more comments → ripfire: Wait. Is this article is sent from the future? LOS ANGELES - MAY 19, 2009 - Napster, the pioneer of digital music, today unveiled its latest music off... more » MrBlahBlah: I think this is pretty good. It is like buying 5 songs at the lowest price possible, plus you get a pandora, with the ability to actually choose what... more » cbandes: I don't get it - there's already tons and tons of free radio - lala, pandora, last.fm... Why is this one worth paying for? more » xenoastro: somehow i think there is a 100 paged PDF somewhere with the unreadable fine print :? and what consequence will it have, for your songs, when this "che... more » djfoxx64: As a musician, I'd like to remind everyone music is art, not a commodity. Fuck Jobs and fuck the labels, both are blood sucking pieces of shit. more » Kaiser-Machead: I don't care what you think of Apple, that's pretty damn awesome. Now I can comfortably purchase iTunes stuff without caring about authorization when ... more » jpitsch: Makes sense. Jobs should just start signing artists directly to iTunes. more » frigg: BUT HUMANS ARE STILL MORTAL AND DIE!!! WTF? WHY APPLE, WHY DO YOU STILL CONDONE HUMAN MORTALITY??? more » OMG! Ponies!: It would sure be a shame for you to lose all your music. Of course, if you pay us a little bit more, maybe you won't have to worry about DRM comin' ... more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: So I can pay Apple to remove the DRM that I didn't want in the first place? Yay! more » Rabid Penguin: I still just buy CDs... more » UnexpectedEOF: I don't get why this couldn't have been available at the start more » frigg: So, I take it, if you write a book and try and sell it in as an audio book, you and your family are cool with readers stealing it since some unrelated... more » dhlt25: ha suckers, i bought all of my music from amazon. more » spider2544: dude just go steal the music. you already paid for it. more » -
#napster
Napster's New Pitch: Five DRM-Free Songs, Unlimited Streaming, $5 A Month
When Best Buy gobbled up Napster, Adam wondered what they could possibly do to make their expensive new liability relevant again. The answer? Go cheap. Very cheap.
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#itunes
Steve Jobs Bullied Record Execs Into iTunes Deal on Christmas Eve
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 » -
#itunes
You Can Now Upgrade Your iTunes Library One Track or Album at a Time
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] -
#itunes
iTunes Wants $250 To Upgrade My Music Collection (Or the Deal's Off)
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 $250. More » -
#itunes
Yep, iTunes Embeds Your Email Address in DRM-Free Tracks, Move Along
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 » -
#macworld2009
iTunes Gets DRM Free, New Prices, Purchase Over 3G
iTunes is going DRM free and breaking their single-price rule with three points: 69 cents, 99 cents, and $1.29. Not surprised, given the pressure from other music stores. The iPhone will allow 3G downloads too. More » -
#unconfirmed
Apple Makes DRM Deal with Big Three Music Labels, Plus 3G Downloads Coming?
According to CNET sources, Apple has signed deals with Sony BMG, Universal, and Warner to bring flexibly-priced DRM-free music to iTunes while simultaneously introducing music downloads to the iPhone's 3G service. More » -
#rumor
Is iTunes Ditching DRM Tomorrow?
Speculation aboutifwhen iTunes would score DRM-free tracks from all major studios like Amazon and Walmart do has been rampant, but according to a rumor at AppleInsider, all this speculation may come to an end tomorrow. More » -
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#mp3s
Sandisk Replaces CDs With SlotMusic MicroSDs With Big-Name MP3 Albums Aboard
Sandisk's slotMusic cards are not much more than tweaked 1GB microSD cards with a logo and a special USB-compatible sled: but the fact that they'll carry albums from big names like BMI Music, Sony BMG, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group makes them interesting. They'll also be DRM free too, which is a pleasant surprise. It's an attempt to change the way some people buy MP3s—you'll get a card you can slot into your cellphone or PC with high-quality MP3s (up to 320kbps), artwork, videos and such, which you can also reuse as a 1GB memory card later, and that's kinda handy. More » -
#verizon
Verizon Gets Rhapsody Subscriptions, DRM-Free Downloads
Verizon customers with certain VCAST phones have some new options for buying music, thanks to Rhapsody. First off, the $15 per month, all-the-songs-you-can-guzzle subscription service is offered on LG's Decoy and Dare, Moto's W755 and Samsung's SCH-u550, Glyde, and Juke, and will be available for the Chocolate 3 when it's out. Also, $2 over-the-air download tracks now come with a DRM-free MP3 version that you can snag on your computer with VCAST/Rhapsody software. If you can hold your horses and wait till you're on a PC to download, DRM-free tracks are yours for a buck, which can be sideloaded onto the phone like usual. Press release after the jump. [Verizon] More »
