iTunes all DRM free.

OzyOly · 6 Jan 2009 at 18:36

About time as well. I hate DRM.

I've just re-downloaded all my purchased songs in iTunes plus now. Apple certainly have the right idea. I doubt I'll be buying another CD again.

AJUK · 6 Jan 2009 at 18:37

SWEET!

Apple, yet again, showing the way forward.

Spyhop · 6 Jan 2009 at 18:48

AJUK said:
Apple, yet again, showing the way forward.

Strange comment. Amazon?

Kemik · 6 Jan 2009 at 19:00

AJUK said:
SWEET!

Apple, yet again, showing the way forward.

There's tons of well know sites doing drm-free songs with CD quality encoding and cheaper.

titchard · 6 Jan 2009 at 19:01

Kemik said:
There's tons of well know sites doing drm-free songs with CD quality encoding and cheaper.

Yeah I love my Apple gear a lot, but Apple are not leading the way forward, Amazon, and numerous smaller sites have been doing this for a long time.

Rich

Fillado · 6 Jan 2009 at 19:11

For once, i'd say the fanboy-like comment from AJUK is actually true!

It was just the ******* record companies holding out on Apple to try and even things out, but it didn't do anything.

Hatter The Mad · 6 Jan 2009 at 19:15

How do you redownload?

AJUK · 6 Jan 2009 at 19:21

Fillado said:
For once, i'd say the fanboy-like comment from AJUK is actually true!

It was just the ******* record companies holding out on Apple to try and even things out, but it didn't do anything.

Not for once, I am always correct.

Fillado · 6 Jan 2009 at 19:21

Say bye-bye to a nice chunk of money!

AJUK said:
Not for once, I am always correct.

I was commenting on fanboys, not necessarily you

OzyOly · 6 Jan 2009 at 19:27

Well I'm no fan-boy, but most of my music has been purchased by the old iTunes system so I've very pleased with this news.

Foiled · 6 Jan 2009 at 21:07

Seems to have disappeared for now ?

/edit seems to be working just a bit slow

Tute · 6 Jan 2009 at 21:17

Is it in FLAC?

Until then, it fails.

Ol!ver · 6 Jan 2009 at 21:44

So how much does it cost to upgrade an average 10 track album ?

markyb · 6 Jan 2009 at 21:46

Hatter The Mad said:
How do you redownload?

I am also wondering this. I have loads of tracks I've paid for and downloaded using the old system. How do I re-download them DRM free?

Spyhop · 6 Jan 2009 at 21:49

Mr. DRM gets the last laugh when you pay again for something you already own. Paying to 'upgrade' tracks is a sorry state of affairs.

Steedie · 6 Jan 2009 at 21:56

Ol!ver said:
So how much does it cost to upgrade an average 10 track album ?

£2

It's 20p per track and 40p per music video

GingerNinja1989 · 6 Jan 2009 at 21:56

You have to pay extra for stuff you already have. That takes the mick a bit, no?

Steedie · 6 Jan 2009 at 22:03

It sure does

I would have thought the upgrade was free considering the DRM stuff is the same price as the non DRM stuff was

Ol!ver · 6 Jan 2009 at 22:04

GingerNinja1989 said:
You have to pay extra for stuff you already have. That takes the mick a bit, no?

Sort of yeah, but don't forget you're now getting them at a higher bit rate to what you already have, so it's a sort of upgrade.

grahamjenks · 6 Jan 2009 at 22:58

This upgrade stuff is a bit of a joke - you have to upgrade everything that's now available in Itunes plus. So stuff I don't listen to now I have to pay for even if only want to upgrade half my collection.

Also, strangely, Itunes has identified some tracks that I didn't even buy in the first place (was ripped from a CD) as been available to upgrade. So effectively if I upgrade, I pay 20p for a track 'upgrade' I didn't even get from Itunes originally.

Gee, thanks Apple!