iTunes Plus Expanded, Becomes Largest DRM-Free Catalog
Apple announced today the expansion of iTunes Plus to 2 million songs including artists from Sub Pop, Nettwerk, Beggars Group, IODA, The Orchard and many others, along with EMIs digital catalog. iTunes Plus songs have been discounted to $.99 each (from $1.29 each).
The announcement comes after Apple quietly began lowering prices of its DRM-free songs to $.99. Arstechnica had reported at the time that Apple was in the midst of expanding its catalog to include indie artists as well as EMI.
Raw Data: Apple Press Release
The announcement comes after Apple quietly began lowering prices of its DRM-free songs to $.99. Arstechnica had reported at the time that Apple was in the midst of expanding its catalog to include indie artists as well as EMI.
Raw Data: Apple Press Release
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57 months ago
Bravo, Apple! :) Now that there's no price premium, I have to make sure my account is set to get iTunes+ versions when possible. :)
57 months ago
I've never really used iTunes music store for much more than sampling songs that I may like, or finding out the names of songs stuck in my head. I rip all my music in Apple Lossless.... I don't even like the degradation in 256k encoding... I'll wait till they start selling Lossless music at 1.29 :D
57 months ago
Well that's great news! I'll definitely be buying more music from iTunes now. For me, the indie labels get most of my money, so this seals the deal, but for worldwide domination, more major labels are going to have to jump on.
57 months ago
I've never really used iTunes music store for much more than sampling songs that I may like, or finding out the names of songs stuck in my head. I rip all my music in Apple Lossless.... I don't even like the degradation in 256k encoding... I'll wait till they start selling Lossless music at 1.29 :D
Don't get your hopes up.
This is great. I hope that the other companies will pick up on this and understand that this is what people want.
P-Worm
57 months ago
Finally! Apple was starting to get shown up by Amazon... Since AAC > MP3 I will continue to stick with Apple. Now they just need to get Universal and Warner to sign on and world domination will be at hand!
57 months ago
Must get more memory... feeling urge to buy more... trying to resist...;)
Really glad to hear this. More selections is always a plus.
Go :apple:
Really glad to hear this. More selections is always a plus.
Go :apple:
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