blech:
posted on 2007/04/02 13:50
20p/30c more for singles, but this caught my eye:
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.
Evidently someone likes the idea of keeping the album alive.
jerakeen:
apple-- # introducing 2-tier pricing and 2-tier DRM at the same time. Classy.
blech:
There's also an Apple press release.
DRM-free tracks from EMI will be offered at higher quality 256 kbps AAC encoding, resulting in audio quality indistinguishable from the original recording, for just $1.29 per song.
Not lossless AAC, then. And not until May.
No news, then, of whether indies will get to go DRM free, if they want.
The:
The increased bitrates will allow apple an "buy this track in quality" tagline, as opposed to the "buy this track as something you can use if leave the iPod clan"
And, will it be watermarked or something
We hate you all. Yes, especially you. Sod off and DIE