iTunes News and The Gallagher Facebook Battle [FNX FILES]

Paul Driscoll — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:17:00 GMT

Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced today that all songs at the iTunes store will soon be available without the previous anti-piracy protection software DRM.

Jobs said that from today, all four major music labels-Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, Warner Music Group and EMI, along with thousands of independent labels, are offering their music in iTunes Plus, Apple's DRM-free format with higher-quality 256 kbps AAC encoding for audio quality which is "virtually indistinguishable from the original recordings".

Previously, all songs at the iTunes store had a limit to how many times they could be transferred between devices and burned to a CD.

In addition to the DRM-free format, songs will be made available at three price points, starting in April,.

Although it will vary from label to label, "songs on iTunes will be available at -69 cents, 99 cents and $1.29-with many more songs priced at 69 cents than $1.29," said Jobs.

Meanwhile, iTunes customers can now download songs to their iPhone 3G for the same price as downloading to a computer

Customers can also choose to upgrade their previously purchased songs to the DRM-free format for 30% of the album price. The store will be offering eight million songs in the new format today, with the remaining two million tracks being made available by the end of March.

Source - NME.com

Liam and Noel Gallagher almost came to blows recently - over a Facebook update. Liam apparently forgot to log out of the social networking site, prompting Noel to update his brother's status to: "Liam Gallagher has lost his forehead and gained a six-head." The younger Gallagher was in such a rage that he deleted his profile immediately

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iTunes News and The Gallagher Facebook Battle [FNX FILES]