Apple announces sale of free copyable music
Apple is removing copy protection from iTunes music files. Eight million tracks are already available for purchase without digital rights management.
At the Macworld computer trade fair, Apple marketing boss Phil Schiller announced that from April all songs in the iTunes Store will be offered without copy protection. Apple, as the world's largest retailer of digital music, has reached an agreement with three of the four largest record labels - Warner Music, Universal and Sony BMG, writes the NZZ am Sonntag. This makes it possible to relax download copy protection. The fourth label, EMI, has already been offering copy-protection-free music via the Apple Web Shop since 2007.
All ten million songs from Apple's music download store are to be sold without copy protection. According to the Sonntagszeitung, eight million titles are already available for purchase without digital rights management (DRM).
All ten million songs from Apple's music download store are to be sold without copy protection. According to the Sonntagszeitung, eight million titles are already available for purchase without digital rights management (DRM).
