Universal sells songs without DRM

Post by **fac51** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 10:45 am

Vivendi's Universal Music has said it is to test the digital sale of songs from artists without the customary copy-protection technology.

It will allow the sale of thousands of albums and tracks available in MP3-form without the protection, known as digital rights management (DRM).

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vinnieza · Post by **vinnieza** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 9:36 pm

What's the website to buy them from?

Post by **117** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:02 am

TFA wrote:Retailers including Google, Wal-Mart, and Amazon.com, will participate in the DRM-free trial, Universal said.

vinnieza · Post by **vinnieza** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:30 am

Ah i see ok. So we should expect google to start selling them some time this month then

vinnieza · Post by **vinnieza** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:19 pm

Universal is taking on Apple's popular iTunes music download service with the launch of its own digital offering.

The world's biggest music group is selling its tunes online through Gbox at the same price as those charged by iTunes - 99 cents (50 pence) a track.

Music fans can download tracks direct from Gbox or from the online retailer Amazon. However, only US customers can currently make use of the service.

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"same price as those charged by iTunes - 99 cents (50 pence) a track"

So why does the US get charged 50p and we get charged 79p? I thought this was already debated and itunes lowered the price a while back (europe and uk though)?

Post by **mr mixin** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:46 pm

Didn't iTunes lower the price from 99p to 79p?

The only way we would ever be able to get US prices would be to move to the US

vinnieza · Post by **vinnieza** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:20 pm

Yeah probably, but still why are we paying 30p more than the US for the SAME product? The US products don't have lower costs so i don't see how it's justified. Guess that's life though

Post by **mr mixin** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:57 pm

The pound is a much stronger currency than the dollar so it works out that we are probably paying the same in relation to our wages*

* Probably not true.

Post by **117** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 2:47 pm

being completely anti download-only music I've never used iTunes, but is it not possible to use a proxy service and pretend you're in the US whenever you want your music cheaper?

Post by **mr mixin** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 4:06 pm

You'd probably have to sign up with a credit card that's registered to a US address... Or use one of those iTunes cards thats in $ and not ?...

On a side note there's an album on the iTunes store for a band I saw at the weekend. Only place to get it as well. Looks like they're not getting a sale off me