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iTunes to get DRM-free songs from all labels?

Crave The talks are still preliminary and no deals have been finalised, but one source said one of the major labels is close to a final agreement. Spokespeople for Apple and the major labels declined to comment.

Tags: itunes, universal, labels, songs

20 November 2008, 11:06

Play.com goes DRM-free with all major labels

Crave In yet another epic thump to the iTunes Store's digital gonads, all four major labels are now giving Play.com DRM-free MP3 files for sale through its download store. But Play.com isn't the first to achieve this admirable milestone.digital was the...

Tags: play.com, itunes, labels, store

10 October 2008, 9:56

7digital to go completely DRM-free: MP3s from all major labels

Crave Amazon's MP3 store has been a huge success in the US as a result of its DRM-free catalogues from all four major labels. If all four major labels have decided the time is right to go DRM-free in the UK, 7digital could see itself fighting Amazon's...

Tags: 7digital, labels, amazon, label

8 September 2008, 11:17

MusicStation Max: Unlimited free music downloads from all major labels

Crave London-based company Omnifone today announced the launch of MusicStation Max -- a worldwide mobile music download service that offers 'free' unlimited downloads of music from the four major labels (Sony BMG, Universal, EMI and Warner), directly to...

Tags: omnifone, unlimited, labels, mobile phone

11 February 2008, 22:01

LabelFlash: Defies all labels

Crave Hopefully, by this time next year all DVD writers will have laser etching built-in and we can do away with those fiddly little sticky labels and marker pens that are the bain of so many a media duplicator.

Tags: dvds, power, disk, laser

4 November 2005, 11:06

MySpace Music: Three major labels apply eyeshadow

Crave MySpace has announced it is to launch a digital music download service to rival iTunes and Amazon, and has three of the four major worldwide record labels on board. With joint equity in the venture, it's currently unclear what control the record...

Tags: labels, face, itunes, fans

4 April 2008, 8:22

UK goes DRM-free: 7digital gets MP3s from all major labels

Crave As of today, 7digital is the first store in Europe to offer a completely DRM-free catalogue from all the major labels, including the entire MP3 catalogues of Metallica, Bob Dylan and Queen, and is planning on expanding its offerings into North...

Tags: 7digital, cent, label, itunes

16 September 2008, 10:20

Amazon to distribute deleted EMI, Sony albums on-demand

Crave Amazon has announced a partnership with major record labels EMI and Sony BMG to distribute hundreds of out-of-print albums via CreateSpace.com, a company Amazon acquired in April 2005. EMI and Sony BMG represent only half of the major worldwide...

Tags: amazon, labels, deleted, albums

6 May 2008, 9:31

Hands-on with the Datz Music Lounge

Crave Unlimited MP3 downloads from major labels for an entire year, for a one-off £99 subscription. First off, Datz does indeed deliver MP3s from major labels EMI and Warner, and they're impressively encoded with the LAME MP3 encoder, usually right up to...

10 November 2008, 10:57

Warner Music joins Nokia's 'Comes With Music' scheme

Crave After giving its back catalogue to 7digital for DRM-free MP3 downloads, Warner Music has become the third of the four major worldwide record labels to join Nokia's Comes With Music service. But whatever the final deal, having three out of four...

Tags: nokia, labels, handsets, drm

1 July 2008, 10:30

Crave Talk: Apple and EMI to ditch DRM?

Crave Apple boss Steve Jobs is here in London to meet execs of London-based EMI -- one of the world's top four music labels. The resounding success of the small number of DRM-free tracks released on to the Net by major labels should only further...

Tags: apple, released, labels, digital music

2 April 2007, 10:14

DRM-free iTunes Plus tracks get a price cut

Crave Not only that, but many new labels have been added to the previously EMI-only collection, such as The Orchard, Beggars Group and Sub Pop. The news is not totally unexpected -- Amazon launched its DRM-free music download store in the US last month...

Tags: labels, tracks, protection, store

19 October 2007, 10:41

Play.com launches DRM-free iTunes Store competitor

Crave Called 'PlayDigital', the service will offer millions of DRM-free tracks from major label EMI and also many independent labels, for prices that claim to undercut Apple's iTunes Store. The launch also follows Amazon.com's recent announcement that...

Tags: consumers, itunes, labels, physical

13 February 2008, 16:40

Warner Music gives UK's 7digital entire catalogue, DRM-free

Crave Prices for the Warner tracks will sell for the same price as existing DRM-free tracks offered on 7digital from EMI and a large number of independent labels: 79p for individual tracks, £7.99 for most albums.

Tags: 7digital, tracks, deal, labels

3 March 2008, 23:01

RCRD LBL: Music meets Web meets record label

Crave The new project is something of an experiment: it's an ad-supported music blog, mixed with a pro-digital-freedom record label.Several commercial labels, known as sub-labels, are on board, each of which has its own blog on the site to promote their...

Tags: labels, commercial, project, label

16 November 2007, 11:00