tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27527553.post-92189210187168974042007-10-17T03:12:00.000-07:002007-10-17T03:21:17.442-07:00Apple drops price of DRM-free iTunes The Cupertino based company prices DRM-free music the same as the "leaded" version...0.99 cents. <div class="postBody"> This report was updated midday to reflect that Apple has confirmed the DRM-free iTunes price drop. Apple has dropped the price of its <a title="iTunes goes DRM-free with EMI -- Wednesday, May 30, 2007" context="com.caucho.jsp.PageContextImpl@58764647" href="http://www.news.com/iTunes-goes-DRM-free-with-EMI/2100-1027_3-6187457.html">iTunes Plus songs</a> that have no digital rights management (DRM) software protection and allow owners to move song files freely from one device to another.  <newselement> </newselement><div style="margin: 10px; font-family: verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; float: left;"> <img src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d//i/ne/pg/fd_2005/092105fd_apple.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" border="0" height="138" width="184" /> </div>  The 256kbps DRM-free song files were originally priced at $1.29 per song with a lower per-song average price for buying an entire album. iTunes now seems to be offering the same files for 99 cents per song, the same price it charges for its usual 128kbps DRM versions. "iTunes Plus has been incredibly popular with our customers, and now we're making it available at an even more affordable price," Tom Neumayr, senior manager for iPods, Apple TV and iTunes, said in a statement. "We're adding over 2 million tracks from key independent labels, in addition to EMI's digital catalog, and look forward to even more labels and artists making their music available on iTunes Plus." The change closely follows <a title="Amazon launches beta version of DRM-free music store -- Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007" href="http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9784291-7.html">Amazon.com's launch of its own digital-music store</a>. As of September 25, <a title="Quick take on Amazon's MP3 download store -- Wednesday, Oct 3, 2007" href="http://www.cnet.com/8301-13641_1-9790970-44.html">Amazon.com began offering 256kbps DRM-free MP3s for between 89 cents and 99 cents each</a>, depending on the song. While Apple has made no formal comment as to why it's decided to reduce its DRM-free iTunes prices, Amazon's new music store could be the reason. </div> Read all about it <a href="http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9798044-7.html">here</a>, courtesy of news.com Eric3DCOOL.COMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17101611697019644437noreply@blogger.com