EMI & Apple Announce DRM-Free Media
After Steve Jobs’ letter about DRM not working, EMI has stepped to the plate and decided to offer DRM-free music via iTunes. Prices for DRM-free audio increase to $1.29/€1.29/£0.99, while DRM songs remain at $0.99/€0.99/£0.79. The DRM quality songs will be at double the sound quality, 256kbps! For any songs you’ve already downloaded, you will have the option to upgrade to DRM-free for $0.30/€0.30/£0.20 more per track. What is really nice about this deal, is that it doesn’t just apply to music. Music videos as well are going to be offered DRM-Free, meaning interoperability between all of your video devices. The price of music videos will not go up for the new DRM-free content. This is awesome news and hopefully only the beginning of mass change in the way music companies treat consumers.
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