Songs the company sells are no longer wrapped in copyright protection software. It's good for consumers and record labels, but will it also be good for Apple in the long term? CNET contributor Don ...

Today’s the day when the music at the iTunes Store is unshackled from the bonds of digital rights management (DRM). And exactly what should you celebrate (or mourn) with this event? Let’s take a look.

As Ben Drury of UK download provider 7Digital said in statement today: “Downloads from iTunes are still in the AAC file format regardless of whether they are DRM-free." 7digital, Amazon, Napster, Zune ...

Apple Inc. has shaken up the online music world again with its announcement that iTunes would abandon digital rights management (DRM) and embrace variable pricing. The move by the world’s largest ...

Giveaway of the Day's DRM-stripping utility works as advertised, and today only you can get the $19.99 program absolutely free. Just be sure to use it for good, not evil. Rick Broida Senior Editor ...

“Apple Unveils Higher Quality DRM-Free Music on the iTunes Store: DRM-Free Songs from EMI Available on iTunes for $1.29 in May” Apple “We are going to give iTunes customers a choice– the current ...

If you follow the digital music business at all, then you know by now that earlier this year, Apple CEO Steve Jobs issued a clarion call (ok, an open letter) to the entertainment confab to free ...

While bowing to studio pressure to offer variable pricing on iTunes tracks, Apple has also finally convinced all the big labels to release their music as DRM-free 'iTunes Plus' tracks at the same 99 ...

At the Macworld Expo today, Apple Inc. confirmed reports that all four majors were now onboard to deliver DRM-free music through iTunes. Apple has offered DRM-free music from EMI since May 2007; the ...

Lost in the verbiage over Apple’s decision to expand the number of DRM-free songs on iTunes was a fee some are calling Apple’s ‘music tax’ potentially worth $1.8 billion to Cupertino. iTunes users ...

Apple today announced that EMI Music's entire digital catalog of music will be available for purchase DRM-free (without digital rights management) from the iTunes Store worldwide in May. DRM-free ...

Apple Inc. today cut prices of copy-protection-free music by 23% to 99 cents, matching the standard for iTunes tracks that come with restrictions and narrowing the gap between its prices and those of ...