Legal, major label DRM-free MP3s hits UK
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Play.com gets the jump on Apple and Amazon Play.com, the Jersey-based entertainment retailer, has beaten Apple and Amazon to the punch today by opening the UK's first legal digital rights managment-free music download store with major label backing.â¦
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In an effort to lure users away from iTunes, which dominates online music sales in the United Kingdom, Napster UK is giving away a free MP3 player to all customers who sign up for three months of service. The player, worth about $55 USD, is made by SanDisk and holds 512MB of songs.
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While MP3&#39;s have taken quite a bashing lately, it&#39;s good to know you can still download free and legal MP3&#39;s, albeit for independent artists.
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The label has announced a deal that allows Amazon to sell DRM-free tracks through its online music store.
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The UK singles chart is set to count all downloads as the music industry is expected to lift restrictions on digital songs.
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Yahoo is reportedly in talks with major labels about a DRM-free music store. to offer them either for sale or for free in an ad-supported model.
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Even as the Big Four push to remove antipiracy software from digital downloads, larger issues remain. Don't expect a DRM-free world anytime soon.
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Sony's first digital audio players to support MP3 files have been released in Europe in a significant change in strategy.
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Sony BMG Music Entertainment, the  world's second largest music company, will this month become  the last of the big four majors to drop copy protection  software on music downloads, also known as digital rights  management (DRM).
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Record labels including Universal and SonyBMG have begun selling music through a new download service.
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TOKYO -- Sony BMG will start selling music downloads in the copy-protection-free MP3 format later this month in North America, as even the last holdout among the major record labels crumbled to the growing trend.
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Retailer Play.com is planning to open its own digital music store which will sell DRM-free tracks for between 65 and 70 pence.
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Chart bosses are expected to relax rules for digital songs, allowing all downloads to count towards the UK top 40.
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Then charges back out again The world's biggest record label is touting a scheme that would permit internet users to swap DRM-free music under a blanket license, according to a report. Universal Music Group's "TotalMusic" program would allow customers of ISPs who signed up to the program to exchange files freely - but only if the ISP signed up.â¦
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Advert-powered 'iTunes killer' takes to the stage It had to happen. A new legal music download service will be launched in December which will offer MP3s free at the point of delivery. New York-based Spiralfrog says its site will be fully funded by advertising.â¦
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Company expands its offerings by providing DRM-free music from Warner Music Group.
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Blog: EMI is now offering DRM-less downloads for iTunes and several Windows Media Audio-based stores. But for real portability, only MP3s will do.