Tag: EMI
iTunes drops price of DRM-free tracks in UK as well as US, adds more choons
A couple of days ago it was announced that Apple would be dropping the price of iTunes Plus DRM-free tracks on iTunes from $1.29 to just 99cents, matching nasty DRM-ridden tracks.
Only EMI tracks are sold as 256kbps, DRM-free AAC files, however starting today certain indie labels (Sub Pop!!!!) will be able to flog their wares in the same higher-quality format, in total two million…
2007 Tech Trends No. 9: DRM-free music
Talk to many companies in the music industry, and they’ll tell you DRM is woefully misunderstood. It’s not about stopping naughty file-sharing, they’ll say, it’s about enabling music fans to do Cool Stuff. Except that so far, that’s not true.
Ringo Starr releases some Ring-o tones and DRM-free albums through EMI
Those ex-Beatles are busy little bees, aren’t they! Paul McCartney is swanning around town releasing records in Starbucks like they’re going out of fashion, and shilling himself to Apple like their whole previous brouhaha never existed.
Now Ringo Starr has jumped on the digital download bandwagon, signing an exclusive contract with Capitol/EMI who will make all his EMI works available in digital format from the 28th of August. But that’s not the best news…
Will Universal be the second major label to make its digital music DRM-free?
That’s what The Times reckons, anyway. In a report this weekend, the newspaper claimed that Universal Music is launching a trial of DRM-free digital music, to see if it’s worth following fellow major label EMI in ditching copyright protection.
EMI partners with YouTube, makes its music available
EMI has finally struck a deal with YouTube to make its artists' videos available online. The deal that will see the likes of The Rolling Stones and Coldplay added to the video sharing site means that the two companies will…
Are video remixes the future for online music?
We live in the age of the mash-up – I’m eating a Snickers bolognese with jam on top as I write this, and very nice it is too. And nowhere is that more applicable than in the online video world, where thousands of YouTubers are splicing real songs and music videos with their own footage.
Apple's new iTunes update promises 'iTunes Plus' DRM-free music
Something’s up in iTunes-land. It’s 7.55am, and I’ve just switched on my Mac. The Software Update application is asking me to download iTunes 7.2, which will allow me to “preview and purchase iTunes Plus music – new higher-quality DRM-free music downloads from participating music labels”.
Amazon to launch DRM-free online music store
Amazon has announced that it is to launch its own digital music store later this year, comprising millions of songs and all free from any DRM copy protection.
EMI goes DRM-free with Apple, but will other record labels follow suit?
Hurrah. So, EMI has announced plans to sell its entire music and video catalogue on iTunes without any DRM protection, from May. I'm assuming this isn't just an Apple thing either, as fellow online music retailer 7digital has already announced…
EMI boss: mobile industry can learn from Apple
EMI's CEO, Eric Nicoli, said that the mobile phone industry could learn a thing or two from Apple about mobile music sales, who "makes stuff that people love to own." "They love the simplicity and user-friendliness of the iPod and…
