Comments on: Confirmed: iTunes Going DRM-Free. Unclear: Does Anyone Care?

By: iTunes Michael Jackson Policy: Want the Song? Buy the Album. | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:35:09 +0000

[...] all of their songs for 99 cents, but earlier this year Apple changed its policy, and now offers three different price points. Print Sharevar obj = SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "iTunes Michael Jackson Policy: Want the [...]

By: Music labels say 69 cent songs coming to Apple's iTunes, soon | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:36:18 +0000

[...] and that’s the reason for the delay. Then again, this stuff has been in the works since early January. And you’d think that Apple or the labels would have made a point of coming out of the gate [...]

By: Apple’s Upsell: The iTunes Pass | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:49:51 +0000

[...] this year, the music labels finally got Apple (AAPL) to agree to a tiered pricing plan — $0.69 for old songs, $0.99 for most songs, and $1.29 for songs the labels think they can [...]

By: Ein paar Worte zu Apple's MWSF Keynote und über Verwertungsrechte und creative commons | we are evangelists

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:28:54 +0000

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By: Confirmed: iTunes Going DRM-Free. Unclear: Does Anyone Care? (Peter Kafka/MediaMemo) » Apple Secrets

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:00:28 +0000

[...] Kafka / MediaMemo:Confirmed: iTunes Going DRM-Free. Unclear: Does Anyone Care? — In 2007, Apple CEO Steve Jobs predicted that half the music offered at his [...]

By: Ein paar Worte zu Apple's MWSF Keynote und über Verwertungsrechte und creative commons | NEROTUNES

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:32:44 +0000

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By: Sun On The Sand » iTunes Is Ch-Ch-Changing

Sun On The Sand » iTunes Is Ch-Ch-Changing — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:45:27 +0000

[...] reported by Pitchfork, CNET, and MediaMemo, Apple will be affecting some changes soon to the iTunes Music Store. Most significant of these [...]

By: iTunes concessions a double-edged sword

iTunes concessions a double-edged sword — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:39:56 +0000

[...] selling songs for 69 cents, 99 cents or $1.29 each. The only question now, as Peter Kafka notes in a post at MediaMemo, is whether anyone will care or not — and whether it will help to fix any of the [...]

By: Why Apple’s iTunes Concessions Are a Double-Edged Sword

Why Apple’s iTunes Concessions Are a Double-Edged Sword — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:05:44 +0000

[...] only question now, as Peter Kafka notes in a post at MediaMemo, is whether anyone will care or not — and whether it will help to fix any of the [...]

By: The Daily Loper - January 6, 2009 | Medialoper

The Daily Loper - January 6, 2009 | Medialoper — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:19:54 +0000

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By: Jonathan Marcus

Jonathan Marcus — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:53:20 +0000

Apple joining Amazon in a DRM-Free world is kinda a seminal moment for the music business. Theft and unsavory behavior is commonplace in every industry. Yet, smarter business minds have long since chalked up the tomfoolery to a cost of doing business. Don’t believe me? Go ask Google and Yahoo how much of their revenue is generated by click-fraud, domain squatting and black hats. Large ad buyers are forced to assume a 10 – 20% breakage cost when determing CPC prices. So, the music industry outta get over the fact that digital is different from the physical, and get to restructuring their P&L drivers, pronto.

By: John Mahar

John Mahar — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:33:52 +0000

The gilded cage of DRM never bothered me much as I did not have enough devices to be constrained by it.

But I think the removal of DRM is important to companies like Sonus and Roku and others who will now be able play music files they previously could not. Basically, it brings them deeper into the iTunes ecosystem and broadens it further. This is important.

Aside from DRM I really like the increased bit rate. I mostly listen to my iTunes purchases on my stereo and 256 sounds much better to me than 128. Someday, I hope they offer lossless compression.

By: Lucas Gonze’ blog » AAC snatches defeat from jaws of victory

Lucas Gonze’ blog » AAC snatches defeat from jaws of victory — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:26:07 +0000

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By: Macworld ’09: One Last Thing–iTunes DRM-Free, iTunes Plus, 3G iTunes and Tony Bennett | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:08:33 +0000

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By: Liz Colville

Liz Colville — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:19:12 +0000

For my peers, the routine will continue to be the same in searching for a new album:

1. Friends
2. Message boards
3. Mp3 blogs that post entire albums
3. Bittorrent
4. iTunes
5. In no particular order: Beatport, 7digital, Amazon, eMusic, label websites