“I’ll just buy the album the old fashioned way and then import it into iTunes.”

No, you won’t.

AC/DC deployed an advanced level of Macrovision protection in their remastered CDs. Not only will iTunes not import them at all, but all PC-based cd/dvd drives only recognize the disc as “Recordable CD” – and even trying to RECORD onto them fails as well. Fucking BRILLIANT on the part of AC/DC to alienate an assload of fans who only want to use iTunes to manage their music libraries. Of course, now I get to hate their guts over this, even while I refuse to pay $1.29 or whateverthefuck they want over at their website for an MP3 I am perfectly capable of making on my own. I’ll just go on Ebay and find someone who has AC/DCs complete catalog on a couple of DVDs for $30. and buy that. There’s ALWAYS an end run around copy protection! THAT is why DRM is just plain stupid.

But it’s cool – i’m sure there’s a good reason why the boys went with Verizon ($$$) – I’ll just buy the album the old fashioned way and then import it into iTunes. Hey – look on the bright side – i’ll still physically have all their albums… I’m just glad they’ve finally gotten busy and begun working on the next album! It’s about damn time…

I am looking forward to the demise of the big music companies. I want to see the artists get a larger % of the sales. Yes the big groups have tons of $$$, but there are many smaller artists that sign with the big companies and get almost nothing.

The US$0.99 per track model would work very well in the long-term if the artists got a larger % and the big companies weren’t around anymore.

Don’t you think that they must have been guaranteed a chunk of money if they cut the deal?

AC/DC.