Posts Tagged ‘tracks’
iTunes DRM-Free Songs Available In May For $1.29
Good news from Cupertino, as apple announces that EMI Music’s digital catalog (and some other major labels like Virgin, Sony BMG, American Recording) will be available for purchase DRM-free from the iTunes Store in May. The tracks will be offered at higher quality 256 kbps AAC encoding for just $1.29 per song with an option for second tier songs for only $0.69. The meaning is that you will be able to transfer your non-protected songs to other computers freely, as we are talking about 8 million DRM-Free songs to be available for a purchase from now on. Additionaly, iTunes users, will be able to upgrade their entire previously purchased EMI content to the higher quality DRM-free versions for just 30 cents ($0.30) a song. The rest of the songs will be offered in the same versions as today, 128 kbps AAC encoding with DRM at the same price of 99 cents ($0.99) per song. If that’s not enough, Apple has also announced that music store downloads are available over 3G connectivity (without the need for a WiFi around)with the same price and sound quality, which means your new iPhone is capable of downloading iTunes tracks directly - Kudos !
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Amazon MP3 Service Goes Internationally
Amazon is heating up the competition with iTunes by announcing a new international MP3 downloading service that will be available somewhere this year. The new service will be offering MP3 DRM-Free songs from Amazon’s digital music catalog that includes more than 3.3 million tracks, due to a strong partnership with all major music studios, such as Sony BMG, Warner, Universal and EMI. This service will enable global consumers to purchase MP3 format songs, encoded with 256Kpbs, for a competitive price and without the iTunes’ limiting DRM protection.
[via gmp3]
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