EMI Unveils Plan to Sell Non-DRM Downloads For $1.29

EMI has announced that it plans to sell a large portion of their music catalog without Digital Rights Management (DRM). While this concept has been batted about in recent months, no major label has made such a committment. The non-DRM downloads will sell for $1.29 on iTunes, the industry leading online music store. EMI held a press conference and made the big announcement with Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO who in an open letter to the...

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Apple Rolls Out Complete My Album On iTunes

Apple has announced the introduction of a long-awaited iTunes feature that lets customers apply credit from previously purchased singles to the purchase of the entire album. Dubbed Complete My Album, the new feature gives users 99 cents of credit for each track previously downloaded off of a given record, with the reduced price showing up a special page dedicated to the service.

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