Inventive Software
6th January 2009, 15:49
A report from the BBC suggests Apple are close to signing a deal with Sony BMG, Universal and Warner Music that could also see the end of the one-price-fits-all scheme (in the UK it's 79p) and vary the price depending on how new it is, alongside removing the DRM that "limits" music bought through iTunes to iPods (clearly they haven't heard of the miriad of DRM removal tools then).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7813527.stm
If the proposal gets the green light, not only would new music be free of the DRM copy protection, but the contents of the entire catalogue of music in the iTunes store would also have their DRM removed.
It remains to be seen whether music already purchased from iTunes would have its DRM stripped off.
The move could potentially spell the end for DRM limited music, which was never popular with users or Apple themselves.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7813527.stm
If the proposal gets the green light, not only would new music be free of the DRM copy protection, but the contents of the entire catalogue of music in the iTunes store would also have their DRM removed.
It remains to be seen whether music already purchased from iTunes would have its DRM stripped off.
The move could potentially spell the end for DRM limited music, which was never popular with users or Apple themselves.