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EMI Music today announced that it is launching new premium downloads for retail through iTunes music store totally free of DRM restrictions. Who’s next?

The new higher quality DRM-free music will complement EMI's existing range of standard DRM-protected downloads already available. From today, EMI's retailers will be offered downloads of tracks and albums in the DRM-free audio format of their choice in a variety of bit rates up to CD quality. EMI is releasing the premium downloads in response to consumer demand for high fidelity digital music for use on home music systems, mobile phones and digital music players. EMI's new DRM-free products will enable full interoperability of digital music across all devices and platforms.
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definitely a good step. Hopefully EMI's sales surge and other labels follow suit.
 
DRM-free AND higher bitrates? As Cartman would say, "Schweeeet!"
 
coldplay, norah jones, korn, pink floyd, rolling stones, beatles, etc.
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Coldplay and Korn in the same sentence as Floyd, the Stones and the Beatles? That's just wrong.

Anyway, good step in idea, BAD in execution. $1.29 a track for something that is still of INFERIOR quality to what you can get on a polycarbonate disc? No thank you. The dinosaurs are still dead, you can't change that.
 
And, and the Beatles are NOT included in the "deal". Maybe all the LSD fried their damned brains, and they can't realize the perfect marketing situation to make obscenely wealthy men even more obscenely wealthy. Get with the program before you're all dead, or the entire world has p2p'd your stuff and doesn't want to buy an inferior digital track anymore. Dee, these are my kids Dee and Dee.
 
It's a step in the right direction. I've been getting into lounge music on SmoothLounge.com for the past week and I literally have over 30 tracks I want to buy off of iTunes. But since they don't come DRM-free, I'll hold off until they do.

Then again, I could just buy all the tracks, burn them on a CD and rip them again. But why would I want to do that?
 
kush said:
Coldplay and Korn in the same sentence as Floyd, the Stones and the Beatles? That's just wrong.

Anyway, good step in idea, BAD in execution. $1.29 a track for something that is still of INFERIOR quality to what you can get on a polycarbonate disc? No thank you. The dinosaurs are still dead, you can't change that.
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At least we can pick what we want. Still alot cheaper than apending 13.99 for a whole lot of songs we don't want.
 
kush said:
Coldplay and Korn in the same sentence as Floyd, the Stones and the Beatles? That's just wrong.

Anyway, good step in idea, BAD in execution. $1.29 a track for something that is still of INFERIOR quality to what you can get on a polycarbonate disc? No thank you. The dinosaurs are still dead, you can't change that.
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Which is still inferior to vinyl and RTR. These are at higher bit rates for the price increase as well. I've ripped my Music at 320kbps, listened on high quality headphones and notice no difference myself. But others may have a mental perception otherwise.
 
kush said:
And, and the Beatles are NOT included in the "deal". Maybe all the LSD fried their damned brains, and they can't realize the perfect marketing situation to make obscenely wealthy men even more obscenely wealthy. Get with the program before you're all dead, or the entire world has p2p'd your stuff and doesn't want to buy an inferior digital track anymore. Dee, these are my kids Dee and Dee.
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Does Michael Jackson still own the rights to Beatles music?
 
All I can say is, this means iTunes might finally get some business from me.

High bit rate, not copy protected is all i've been asking for!
 
Complete albums from EMI Music artists purchased on the iTunes Store will automatically be sold at the higher sound quality and DRM-free, with no change in the price. Consumers who have already purchased standard tracks or albums with DRM will be able to upgrade their digital music for $0.30/€0.30/£0.20 per track. All EMI music videos will also be available on the iTunes Store DRM-free with no change in price.
 
i saw over at engadget that MS is hinting at removing some DRM from the Zune as well. its almost too good to be true that all this is happening. lol the RIAA is starting to get shafted in some of its cases, EMI drops DRM and now MS is hinting at it as well. WHO KNEW
 
On a somewhat related note.. I was at the local .. " ground beef fast food restaurant that is owned by royalty" (do the math...) and saw they had a Wurlitzer jukebox of all things.

Through the window of the jukebox, I was able to see a few CD's

These cd's had strange markings on them, and did not, seem, to me, at least, to be retail cd's.. One said "Office Depot 32X CD-R" and had "1950s" written on it.. I can only assume that it must be some new fancy label. is 1950's the band name? Or is office depot the record company?

It's odd that it cost 50 cents to play a song once, and people would do it, yet to purchase a song for 99cents or $1.29 and have the ability to replay it,.. you know.. at least a few times, seems like a rip-off
 
I hope others follow. iTunes has tapped me for many an impulse music buy. I know lotsa people hate it but I've been happy with the service and performance. While I have my network set to stream my tunes throughout the house from my mac server...and my ipod is my main source of protable, I wouldn't mine slapping a few tunes on say my Sirius portable or my WM5 Smart phone in case I don't feel like lugging 100 devices around...
 
Might there be a slight increase in battery life? Since no decryption is now necessary.
 
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