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Apple Drops Anticopying Measures in iTunes
Source: The New York Times

Beginning this week, three of the four major music labels — Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group — will begin selling music through iTunes without digital rights management software, or D.R.M., which controls the copying and use of digital fi …

Apple, Jay-Z may launch record label
Source: ipodnn.com

Rumors had circulated that rap star Jay-Z and Apple would together launch a record label, but a new report from the Boy Genius Report "just about" confirms a deal. Citing a "high-up" source attached to Jay-Z, the deal is said be a go.

NBC to Offer Downloads of Its Shows
Source: The New York Times

But the files, which would be downloaded overnight to home computers, would contain commercials that viewers would not be able to skip through. And the file would not be transferable to a disk or to another computer.

Universal in Dispute With Apple Over iTunes - New York Times
Source: The New York Times

Apple's $.99 flat rate vs record companies' insistence of variable rates

Get rid of iTunes Plus
Source: The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

Report: EMI in talks to sell MP3s sans copy protection
Source: Chicago Sun-Times

Music company EMI Group PLC -- home of The Rolling Stones and Coldplay -- has been talking with online retailers about possibly selling its entire digital music catalog in MP3 format without copy protection, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing numerous people familiar …

MP3 Player I-Tunes Compatible?

When I was browsing through the local free paper, I was interested to see the following advert. From the style of the advert on the page, I already thought that the place seemed a bit sketchy and this advert got me to question it even more.

Top Ten Gift Ideas for Music Lovers
Source: Associated Content

Give the music lovers on your Holiday shopping list gifts that will bring them joy for many years to come.

Google takes on Apple, Microsoft with new offerings
Source: CBC

"Google Inc. is upping the ante in the online video gold rush, allowing content owners to set their own prices in a bid to create a more flexible alternative to Apple Computer Inc.'s pioneering iTunes store."

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