EMI And Apple To Sell DRM Right Free Songs Online
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Today EMI and Apple announced that they are going to start offering DRM right free songs at I-Tunes. The only songs that they aren’t able to offer are from the Beatles.
I-Tune customers will be able to purchase DRM right free songs for $1.29 which is 30 cents more than songs that are protected. The DRM free version will have higher quality.
DRM is used to curtail file sharing and piracy. DRM free music allows users to share the music and download it to a number of music devices. Many music devices don’t use the same type of DRM software, so it isn’t compatible with other players. This move will allow consumers to have more freedom with their music players or other device.
Consumers tell us overwhelmingly that they would be prepared to pay a higher price for digital music that they could use on any player,” Nicoli said. “It is key to unlocking and energizing the digital music business.”
According to Steve Jobs, around half of of all music in the iTunes store under the premium package by the end of the year, but declined to say whether the company was in discussions with any other record companies.
Would you pay the extra cash to lift DRM restictions?
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