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iTunes to eliminate DRM and begin tiered pricing! [Breaking New...]

Posted by William Higgins | 1/06/2009 02:37:00 PM | , ,




At the MacWorld keynote speech today Apple announced some key changes to the iTunes Music Store. Most notably is that all songs will be DRM-free and encoded at 256 Kbps AAC by the end of the quarter. This is very good news for people like me that hate DRM. iTunes DRM is one of the reasons I don't buy my music from iTunes. I still prefer to see everything go DRM-Free MP3 format like AmazonMP3, but this is a good step in the right direction for Apple.

Other good news from the keynote is that iTunes is going to a tiered pricing scheme. Meaning older songs or albums will cost less than new releases. The prices will now start at 69 cents a track, then go up to 99 cents and $1.29. This seems logical and most people will welcome the price break for classic tracks/albums.

Link: New iTunes features include 3G downloads, tiered pricing, and no more DRM - CrunchGear