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Apple iTunes Plus starts selling DRM-free digital tracks from EMI

January 30, 2023 By Rhiza Sanchez 1 Comment

iTunes Plus Apple Inc begins selling unprotected digital music from EMI Group Plc on its iTunes store, an event that will most likely set the trend for music businesses online.

This came about when Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs requested EMI, Universal Music, Sony BMG and Warner Music to allow them to take off the digital rights management (DRM) restriction from iTunes tracks sometime February, as it prevents people from playing songs on mediums other than the iPod. Among the four top-selling music labels, EMI took the first step and partnered with Apple as they launched iTunes Plus, providing DRM-free tracks at $1.29 apiece, with better sound quality than regular copyright-protected songs that are priced at 99 cents per download.

To start off, iTunes Plus’ DRM-free roster includes songs from Coldplay, The Rolling Stone, Norah Jones, Frank Sinatra, Pink Floyd, and several Paul McCartney’s classic albums.

With this new setup, Apple projects to sell more than half of the 5 million DRM-free songs on iTunes by the end of the year.

Originally posted on May 30, 2007 @ 2:33 pm

PayPlay.FM starts selling 1,300,000 tracks of DRM-free music

January 30, 2023 By Cristina Ledesma 1 Comment

PayPlay.FM today started selling its 1,300,000-track catalog in unprotected MP3 format at the price of 88 cents per song. The move continues PayPlay’s strategy for uniform support of Mac and UNIX platforms, iPod, Zune and other portable players incompatible with Windows Media DRM, offering customers the ultimate in flexibility.

“On the Day Against DRM last year we committed to provide our customers with the music download freedom of choice. Today we live up to that promise, delivering more than twice the number of tracks pledged in October in DRM-free format,” said Elliot Goykhman, PayPlay CEO. “The new version of PayPlay.FM makes it extremely easy and exciting to buy music. We are proud to be the world’s largest MP3 download store.”

Originally posted on May 29, 2007 @ 5:07 pm

Illegal downloading among youth drops

January 30, 2023 By Cristina Ledesma Leave a Comment

The results of a recent nationwide survey released by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) show that illegal downloading of digital copyrighted works by youth (ages 8 to 18) has dropped by 24 percent in the last three years. The survey, first conducted in 2004, indicated that 60 percent of survey participants reported downloading software, music, movies, or games without paying for it; in 2006 the percentage of those who downloaded without paying dropped to 43 percent; and in 2007 the percentage decreased to 36 percent. Youth report that parental oversight is a significant motivator and key influencing factor in their online behavior.

When the young survey participants were asked what worries them about downloading digital copyrighted works, such as software, music, movies or games, from the Internet without paying, the top responses were fear of accidentally downloading a computer virus (62 percent), getting into legal trouble (52 percent) and accidentally downloading spyware (51 percent). Fear of getting in trouble with parents ranked fourth at (48 percent), increasing from 40 percent in 2006. [Read more…]

Originally posted on May 23, 2007 @ 10:46 am