[Offtopic] digital music

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Hi Roland, and all

Yes, being able to copy music we buy is a good thing .. good alround :)

Cheers

> I probably have the smallest music collection that could probably fit
> onto a USB key with a preference for listening instead to podcasts and
> indi musicians. I might have a second look at buying iTunes music now
> that the horrid DRM has gone. Onya Apple!
> 
> Regards Roland
> 
> 2009/1/7 Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com>:
>
> > Wow, this is big news! Timely too .. :-)
> >
> > 2009/1/7  <stephen at melbpc.org.au>:
> >>
> >> Want to Copy iTunes Music? Go Ahead, Apple Says
> >>
> >> By BRAD STONE  www.nytimes.com  Published: January 6, 2009
> >>
> >> SAN FRANCISCO — In moves that will help shape the online future of
t> he
> >> music business, Apple said Tuesday that it would remove anticopying
> >> restrictions on all of the songs in its popular iTunes Store and 
allow
> >> record companies to set a range of prices for them.
> >>
> >> Beginning this week, three of the four major music labels — Sony
Mus> ic
> >> Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group — will
b> egin
> >> selling music through iTunes without digital rights management
softwar> e,
> >> or D.R.M., which controls the copying and use of digital files. The
> >> fourth, EMI, was already doing so.
> >>
> >> In return, Apple, whose dominance in online music sales gives it
power> ful
> >> leverage, agreed to a longstanding demand of the music labels and
said>  it
> >> would move away from its insistence on pricing all individual song
> >> downloads on iTunes at 99 cents.
> >>
> >> Instead, the majority of songs will drop to 69 cents beginning in
Apri> l,
> >> while the biggest hits and newest songs will go for $1.29. Others 
that
> >> are moderately popular will remain at 99 cents.
> >>
> >> The music companies are hoping that their eagerly awaited compromise
w> ith
> >> Apple will give a lift to digital downloads. They will be able to 
make
> >> more money on their best-selling songs and increase the appeal of
olde> r
> >> ones.
> >>
> >> And with the copying restrictions removed, people will be able to
free> ly
> >> shift the songs they buy on iTunes among computers, phones and other
> >> digital devices.
> >>
> >> Technologically sophisticated fans of digital music complain that
D.R.> M.
> >> imposes unfair restrictions on what they can do with the tracks they
h> ave
> >> bought ..
> >>
> >> . Apple said customers would be able to pay a one-time fee to strip
> >> copying restrictions from music they have already bought on iTunes,
at>  30
> >> cents a song or 30 percent of the album price. ITunes customers can
> >> achieve the same effect by burning all of their music to a CD and 
then
> >> reimporting the music into the iTunes software, although this reduces
> >> sound quality somewhat ..  Apple reported the changes in iTunes at 
its
> >> keynote presentation at the annual Macworld conference ..
> >> --
> >>
> >> Cheers people
> >> Stephen Loosley
> >> Victoria, Australia
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> >
> >
> > --
> > Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> > http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
> >
> > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
> > change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has."
> > --Margaret Mead
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
> 
> "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
> change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has."
> --Margaret Mead
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