iTunes Plus songs drop to regular iTunes price

Author: Phil Cogar
Published: 17th October 2007
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iTunes Plus songs drop to regular iTunes price

The iTunes Music Store now has your favourite DRM-free tracks for less.

DRM-free music has been the big thing this year. With the Apple iTunes music store, Walmart, Amazon, and a plethora of other companies offering it, you now have the ability to get your music from one or many places and not having to worry about it not working on your favourite personal music player. The only bad thing about it though is that if you wanted it from the iTunes Music Store, you had to pay more for it then the DRM-laden cheaper versions - until now that is.

Apple has decided to lower the price of its iTunes Plus songs to 99 cents per song. That is currently the same price as regular iTunes music but in better quality and without all the DRM. The move probably comes as a direct counter-measure to Amazon's variable 89 to 99 cents pricing model for 256kbps DRM-free music.

Personally, if I want music then I'll go out and buy the disc album because I view the whole $1 per song price to still be far too high. I'd rather head over to the record mart that is a couple of blocks away from my house and pick up an actual CD with case and booklet for around $10 then to pay the same amount for a downloaded copy. Until the price range hits around 50 cents a song, then I'll probably stay far away from the likes of iTunes.

So tell us, are you like me and still prefer to buy physical copies? Maybe 99 cents, DRM-free is the price barrier for you. Which camp do you sit in and what is your magical price (besides free) that will switch you over? Discuss it with us over in the forums.
Quote BioSniper 17th October 2007, 15:01
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had to pay more for it then the DRM-laden cheaper versions

It's THAN damn it!

I will however say that the reduction in price can really only be seen as a good thing :)
Quote Tyinsar 17th October 2007, 15:13
Hmm, My iTunes infested machine hasn't seen use in quite a while. I may fire it up and have a look. Still, since my Nano's screen broke I haven't looked back with much interest.
Quote DXR_13KE 17th October 2007, 15:16
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Originally Posted by BioSniper
I will however say that the reduction in price can really only be seen as a good thing :)

unless you are those guys that were pressing itunes to increase the price of their music.....
Quote pendragon 17th October 2007, 17:57
I'm with Phil.. no way I'd pay to download MP3's at the current price.. I'd much rather get the whole CD-booklet deal if I'm paying for it .. then I can rip it however I choose and as many times as I choose.
Quote dom_ 17th October 2007, 18:16
Indeed, this is the problem until the price falls lower than CD, why bother?
With a cd i can rip it at lossless and still keep the cd, case and booklet.

I can never see it catching properly (as in over taking cd) until they lower the price 30/40% below cd.
Quote completemadness 17th October 2007, 18:53
You can also get cd's pretty cheap off ebay, like £5, and then rip them to your computer at whatever quality you feel like
Quote DXR_13KE 17th October 2007, 19:44
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Originally Posted by completemadness
You can also get cd's pretty cheap off ebay, like £5, and then rip them to your computer at whatever quality you feel like

i think that is illegal....
Quote Redbeaver 17th October 2007, 22:40
i like Shoutcast radio.....
Quote Fod 17th October 2007, 22:53
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Originally Posted by DXR_13KE
i think that is illegal....

why would that be illegal? please, elucidate.
Quote DXR_13KE 17th October 2007, 23:45
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Originally Posted by Fod
why would that be illegal? please, elucidate.

i remember reading this on CDs, that you could not re-sell them.... its kind of right... they did not sell you the music, they sold you the right to hear the music, you cant resell that right..... i think..... anyway it is bad for business.

and considering the current "sue-everyone-that-has-the-radio-on-in-any-public-place" scenario....
Quote Phil Rhodes 18th October 2007, 01:28
If it actually was a dollar a song, that'd be OK - you could buy the two songs off any album that're any good, and save greatly on buying the rest. The problem is that it won't be a dollar in the UK, will it...

Phil
Quote r4tch3t 18th October 2007, 10:29
I will not buy any DRM infected music, the price drop to 99c is good though. I got 5 free songs via a coke promo and those songs randomly stop working on my iPod and all the others still work fine. DRM is bad.
If I were to buy music online I would pay about $0.40 - $0.50 NZD or half the price of the CD.
Quote jezmck 18th October 2007, 10:56
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Originally Posted by BioSniper
...It's THAN damn it!...
beat me to it. it's in there at least twice too.

The fact that Apple have relented heartens me, though I doubt I'll ever get an iPod.
Quote miatacole 18th October 2007, 23:02
Now if Apple would unblock all the songs we've already paid for, that would make our day. LOL
Quote Atomic 19th October 2007, 09:18
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Originally Posted by DXR_13KE
i remember reading this on CDs, that you could not re-sell them.... its kind of right... they did not sell you the music, they sold you the right to hear the music, you cant resell that right..... i think..... anyway it is bad for business.
I doubt it. Then every second hand CD/Record shop would be illegal and they certainly aren't.
Quote DXR_13KE 19th October 2007, 12:40
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Originally Posted by Atomic
I doubt it. Then every second hand CD/Record shop would be illegal and they certainly aren't.

thats what people say about hearing to a radio transmission in a public place were anyone can hear it, and it is apparently illegal according to the RIAA..... i think


edit: http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=140489&highlight=radio+hairdresser

"The PRS claimed that Kwik-Fit mechanics routinely use personal radios while working at service centres across the UK and that music, protected by copyright, could be heard by colleagues and customers."
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