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The Price Of Going DRM-Free: Apple’s Hidden $1.8 Billion Music Tax
techcrunch.com - 1/7/2009
The Price Of Going DRM-Free: Apple’s Hidden $1.8 Billion Music Tax
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Nearly two years ago, Steve Jobs published an open letter to the music industry calling for the death of DRM (digital rights management). He convinced EMI to ditch DRM back in April, 2007, but the three other major music labels held out. Until today . Now all the songs on iTunes are ...

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iTunes Music Store Finally Ditches DRM-Free
applemacvideo.com - 1/7/2009
iTunes Music Store Finally Ditches DRM-Free
— applemacvideo.com — Apple has announced that all songs on its iTunes music service will be available without copy protection, potentially enabling them to be played on any MP3/MP4 player. (more) iTunes Music Store Finally Ditches DRM-Free

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It’ll Cost You To Convert To Apple’s DRM-Free iTunes
Cult of Mac — ... Erick Schonfeld of TechCrunch estimates Apple would earn $1.8 billion if each of the 9 billion iTunes sales were converted to non-DRM. ...

Apple’s $1.8 billion iTunes tax
SuperSite Blog — ... You gotta hand it to Apple. They really do know how to separate money from people’s wallets. Check this bit of chicanery around their new DRM-free music upgrade plan: ...

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