Apple & EMI - DRM Free Music
Apple and EMI held a press conference today and announced that available in May 2007, consumers would be able to buy higher bit rate (256 AAC) DRM free music from the iTunes Music Store for $1.29. Consumers would be able to upgrade to for $.30.
With DRM-free music from the EMI catalog, iTunes customers will have the ability to download tracks from their favorite EMI artists without any usage restrictions that limit the types of devices or number of computers that purchased songs can be played on. DRM-free songs purchased from the iTunes Store will be encoded in AAC at 256 kbps, twice the current bit rate of 128 kbps, and will play on all iPods, MacĀ® or Windows computers, Apple TVs and soon iPhones, as well as many other digital music players.
Apple Press Release (www.apple.com)
Quick Hits
- DRM Free 256 kbps songs for $1.29
- Upgrade from 128 kbps for $.30
- DRM Free Music Videos
