Posts Tagged ‘ iTunes Plus ’

Apple Kills Idea That DRM-Free Tracks Are Worth Premium

Oct 17th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Music, iPods & Portable Media Players

Apple today announced that it has lowered the price of its iTunes Plus tracks to 99 cents, effectively killing the idea that DRM-free tracks are worth paying a premium for. Other online vendors, including Amazon and Wal-Mart, already offer DRM-free tracks at 99 cents or less.
Apple introduced the iTunes Plus option just six months ago. [...]



Apple Launches iTunes Plus; DRM-Free MP3s Now Available

May 30th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Music, Digital Video Downloads, Internet TV

Apple today launched iTunes Plus, offering DRM-free music tracks with 256 kbps AAC encoding, for audio quality almost as good as the original recordings, for just $1.29 per song.
iTunes Plus is launching with EMI’s digital catalog of recordings, including singles and albums from Coldplay, The Rolling Stones, Norah Jones, Frank Sinatra, Joss Stone, Pink Floyd, [...]