http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/ Engadget Comments for Apple lowering DRM-free tracks to $0.99 -- embracing Indies? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/thanks apple!]]>Oct 16th 2007 2:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/Oct 16th 2007 2:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/
Set the price high and no-one buys. Reasonable prices, good quality and no DRM - sounds like a winner and the death of DRM laden music is coming closer.]]>Oct 16th 2007 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/
But I somehow think that you won't be doing that.]]>Oct 16th 2007 4:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/
...drools.....]]>Oct 16th 2007 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/Oct 16th 2007 2:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/Most of the money from these purchases goes to the record label, not the artist.]]>Oct 16th 2007 2:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/Oct 16th 2007 2:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/I just looked, and my band's album and singles are all now DRM free! This is amazing.
Now only if Apple could get over their iPhone securities, and get back to being quasi rebellious.

This means great things for bands like mine. And all independent artists. The one thing that made me love LL Cool J in the 90s was the mixtape of hip-hop and Rock my older brother made me with Nirvana and a bunch of other artists, and to this day, I will buy LL Cool J albums, and Nirvana boxed sets.

99p will only buy you Kraft Dinner this year only, but building a fanbase can pay your rent for years.

]]>Oct 16th 2007 3:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/Oct 16th 2007 3:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/DRM-free is way better for the artist.
In fact, simple online retailing of music makes it so that the label can't ding you for recoupables, and only take a very small percentage for placing the tracks on iTunes.

The INDIE artist gets a larger share from their work, and the tracks can be played and enjoyed by all.

This kind of thing may not be good for Justin or Nelly Furtado, but it works for The Cave Singers.

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I really hope their lowering the price around the world though, not just in the US.]]>Oct 16th 2007 3:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/Oct 16th 2007 4:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/Oct 16th 2007 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/Oct 16th 2007 6:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/---> ]]>Oct 16th 2007 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/Oct 16th 2007 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/Oct 16th 2007 7:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/Oct 16th 2007 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/
Converting AAC to MP3 is a conversion from one lossy format to another lossy format. Just because it can be done with a DRM-free AAC track (converting it to MP3) doesn't mean that you won't lose sound quality in the conversion (which you almost assuredly will lose sound quality as AAC and MP3 use different compression algorithms which take different bits out of each song).]]>Oct 16th 2007 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/
plus... i'd rather have a 256 aac file over a 192 vbr mp3.. but whatever. it's all lossy.]]>Oct 16th 2007 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/Oct 16th 2007 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/Oct 16th 2007 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/Oct 16th 2007 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/Oct 16th 2007 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/Oct 16th 2007 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=262874011&s=143441 which is KT Tunstall's latest release, it's still $1.29 per track for the iTunes Plus content. While maybe some are coming in at a lower price DRM free they've not gone back and dropped the price on existing EMI content.]]>Oct 16th 2007 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/Oct 16th 2007 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/
no worries though -- give it a few more years and there won't be any labels to worry about and you can get your icky thump anywhere...

]]>Oct 16th 2007 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/Lowering prices! Pffft! No one should ever lower the price of ANYTHING that people purchased for full price!

Sarcastic tirade over for now.]]>Oct 16th 2007 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-lowering-drm-free-tracks-to-0-99-embracing-indies/Oct 16th 2007 1:52PM