____/ [H]omer on Tuesday 16 October 2007 15:48 : \____
> iTunes DRM-Free Tracks Now Same Price As DRM Tracks
>
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> | jawtheshark writes "Apple has made the decision to revise the
> | pricing of Plus songs on the iTunes Music store. Whereas previously
> | the DRM-less tracks were more expensive than the 'normal' option
> | (at $1.29 vs. $0.99), DRM-less tracks bought via ITMS will now be
> | priced on the same level as DRM'd tracks.
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> http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/170654029/article.pl
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> Soon there just won't be any point in buying Defective Recording Music
> (was there ever?). Where does this leave Microsoft with its NotSoSure®
> technology? Now, if only the MS-BCC could be so easily enlightened...
Aside from Microsoft's selfish interests (Microsoft said that it loves DRM),
MSBBC execs could argue that video is different from audio (it's not), but
that's changing as well...
Paramount: DRM may not (at least right now) please consumers
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| "Interoperability (presents) an impediment to digital distribution," he said
| during remarks at the Progress and Freedom Foundation's Aspen Summit. "I'm
| pretty confident that in the end solutions will be found. It's just a
| question of how much heat and pressure we feel before we see the light."
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Interop instead of standards. Where have we heard that before?
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