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crave.cnet.co.uk - 1/13/2009

iTunes Plus: Everything you need to know

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Apple's iTunes Store is almost completely DRM-free , and will be entirely DRM-free from spring. This means files downloaded from iTunes work on heaps of devices that aren't from Apple. What better way to celebrate the final bullet to the living corpse of copy protection than by reading ...

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• galaga

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  They did offer an easy upgrade option, which is good, but the different pricing schemes are a bit annoying I think.

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iTunes Plus: a primer
The Apple Core — January 13th, 2009 iTunes Plus: a primer Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 9:21 am Categories: Music , iTunes , iTunes Store Tags: Apple iTunes , Music , CNet UK , Digital Music , Digital Media , Personal Technology , Consumer Electronics , Jason D. O'Grady iTunes Plus: a primer CNet UK’s Nate Lanxon has posted an excellent primer on Apple’s DRM-free music, iTunes Plus, which was launched in May 2007. From Apple’s FAQ : iTunes Plus refers to songs and music videos ...

Everything you need to know about Apple’s iTunes Plus
MacDailyNews — ... every file • iTunes Plus files aren't MP3s: iTunes uses a format called AAC, which is a more modern alternative to MP3 • Players that support iTunes Plus • Upgrading your library to iTunes Plus Lanxon reports, "Eighty per cent of music in the iTunes catalogue is DRM-free already, and you'll probably find that very little of what you search for remains in the old DRMed format. At the time of writing, 90 out of the top 100 songs on iTunes are in iTunes Plus format." Full article here . [Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Bill in Sarasota" for the heads up.] ...

Yep, iTunes Embeds Your Email Address in DRM-Free Tracks, Move Along [ITunes]
Gizmodo — ... ), it shouldn't really be an issue. The legit point of DRM-free tracks is that you can use them on any device you want without any retarded roadblocks, and easily share it with some friends, and it's not like you care if they've got your email address right? Right? [Crave via ...