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11.11.07

iTunes or WMV more restrictive
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I'm really sick of all the content being fed by Windows Media DRM. This time around it's NBC Direct. iTunes is not OS dependent iTunes is not Browser specific iTunes does not require media keys iTunes "just works" iTunes has been a proven success So the the change? It's all about control and WMV let's them screw the consumer all they want by requiring the "hoops" for the lemmings and screwing the majority of the world with non-WMV DRM players, but those Zune owners are stoked. It's just one more thing Mac users to deal with. I would say another complication with Linux too but since ...
10.18.07

DRM Free iTunes Part 3
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Apple dropped the price for DRM free music and opened up to some indies earlier this week. Offering customers the largest catalog of DRM-free music in the world, Apple today expanded iTunes Plus to more than two million tracks while at the same time lowering the price of those tracks to just 99 cents. In addition to artists from EMI’s digital catalog, iTunes Plus now includes artists from Sub Pop, Nettwerk, Beggars Group, IODA, The Orchard and many others. All iTunes Plus tracks feature DRM-free music with high-quality 256 kbps AAC encoding, offering audio quality virtually indistinguishable from the original recordings. ...

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