In comparison, a $0.99 song in 2002 would be worth almost $1.20 today, so besides covering the inflation, Apple and the record labels would gain more money for a new song, in exchange of us having the songs without DRM. Same with the ITMS: prices didn’t go up for a song ever since the store launched in 2002. Other music available as 'Plays for Sure' WMA the site also claims all tracks available as WMA are available as Fairplay-protected AAC, though there is no obvious way to download AAC tracks. 0.99/track, 10/album (same pricing as protected music). Tethering your iPhone by now (legal or not) was basically free, without any additional cost, unlike the expected $30-a-month plan. Some DRM-free offerings gBox offers MP3 versions of tracks from label Universal. But this doesn’t mean that it will come cheaply. Go to iTunes Store and click iTunes Match to subscribe to it. Though only speculation at this point, it seems that if the rumors are true Apple is finally caving in to user demands in terms of functionality and flexibility. Here’s how to use iTunes Match to remove DRM from iTunes music. So far, iPhone owners were able to download songs wirelessly from their phone only using a Wi-Fi connection.

In addition to the complete DRM removal from the ITMS, Apple is also said to allow iPhone users to acquire songs using their cell network connection. The iTunes Music Store also offered DRM-free (Digital Rights Management) songs for some time, but just from the EMI record label, which accounts for only 10 percent of the store’s total sales in the U.S.

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