macnn.com — The seeming delay for introducing the new tier of content has been primarily attributed to a desire to offer the entire catalog at once in the unprotected format rather than a gradual rollout. The companies' technicians are simply in the later stages of encoding and hosting the files before they go live, the contact says.
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that1jewishguyMay 28, 2007
oh apple you are so cool
creativeguyMay 28, 2007
The bottom line is this; people who will spend hours upon hours searching, downloading and re-downloading tracks on Limewire, Hotline, KDE and other **sharing** methods most likely were NEVER going to pay for the music. So this isn't money lost for the labels, it's more like free advertising.I was a huge fan of Napster back in the day, but even then it was a real pain trying to find a good clean RIP of the songs I was downloading. Usually had to dl 3 or 4 versions to find a decent one.When iTunes was introduced, I jumped on it immediately. So much easier to find what I'm looking for. And quite frankly, my time is worth more that the cost of those songs.That being said, I sure the hell aint gonna re-purchase music just to get rid of the DRM. I can do that easily now just by re-encoding.
aggietalesMay 28, 2007
I don't know about you, but there's no way for me to pay for AllofMP3.com mainly b/c Visa's blocking all transactions by their Credit Card service or whatever its called. I think this may be the case for all US credit cards in fact.
brianez21May 28, 2007
KDE is a desktop environment, not a p2p app
mikethecMay 29, 2007
I spend money on music and DVDs (which presumably have content that I like) for one -- and only one -- reason: to show support to the artists and producers and thereby motivate them to make more stuff that I'll like.To do otherwise is madness.
astrotrainMay 29, 2007
iTunes...DRM free?... that will be the day. Okay, so now we have the record company EMI offering tunesDRM free. What are they going to offer free... most likely the under selling albums, such as 'Wayne Newton'sGreatest Hits' will be offered DRM free. DRM is like going to a record store and buying a 45 RPM and then when you stop doing business with the record store, the owner comes to your house and takes away your record player needle to prevent you from playing his product until you start shopping at his store.
bulkheddMay 29, 2007
As I understand it you will be able to upgrade your already purchased songs to the non-DRM version for .30 per song. But full albums will be available in non-DRM format at the same price as DRM infested. So will you be able to upgrade already purchased albums for free?
superkendallMay 29, 2007
Yes, I plan to upgrade all the songs I can - at only $.30 cents apiece, and for a higher quality version, the price is worth it.I have in the past used JHymn on some selected tracks to convert to unprotected AAC, but the higher quality alone it worth it for me. Sure I could have bought the CD's but I have a lot of songs where I only bought a few tracks from a CD, so it would have been way more expensive to get the full CD and rip what I liked.I also have a few albums purchased from ITMS, and am wondering if upgrading albums is free since albums will come for the same price with higher quality and no DRM...
superkendallMay 29, 2007
I have not seen that is the case (and I've been asking the same question myself ever since the announcement), but that is what I am expecting to happen. It really makes the most sense, and Apple knows exactly what you have bought individually vs. in an album.I wonder if the market has thought at all about what an influx of money Apple might be seeing soon - surely they cut a small cut of that .30.