Apple Removes DRM copy protection from millions of iTunes songs
Apple has finally announced the removal of DRM protection from millions of iTunes songs. What this means is that now on songs available for download from iTunes will no longer be tied only to iPods and customers will be able to transfer their tracks freely.
Effectively, Music fans will now be able to buy tracks without digital rights management (DRM) from iTunes and also easily transfer them between computers, different brands of music player and even onto their mobile phones for future playback.
Phil Schiller, Senior Vice President of Apple’s Worldwide Product Marketing said
“By the end of the quarter all 10 million songs will be DRM free in iTunes and iTunes plus.”
Image: iTunes goes DRM free.
Customers can already download some unprotected files from iTunes, and from other retailers, but this news marks a significant shift for Apple as a company owing to the fact that in the past, It has struggled to convince the record labels to agree to drop DRM for iTunes downloads in a power struggle over who controls the future of the music industry.
Image: Macworld
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