[mythtv-users] The death blow to DRM has arrived

Josh Mastronarde jmastron at gmail.com
Tue Jan 6 23:10:33 UTC 2009


On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> On Tuesday 06 January 2009 15:59:43 Robert Johnston wrote:
>> 2009/1/6 Josh <jaw1959 at gmail.com>:
>> > Will there be a way to remove DRM from existing iTunes files?
>>
>> Yes. You pay $0.30 apiece and they're "Upgraded" to the iTunes Plus
>> format (The DRM-Free option).
>
> Bummer, I don't want to send them MORE money.

The way I understand it, you get to download the newer, higher quality
(256Kbps vs 128K?), and coincidentally DRM-free, version of the file
for this "upgrade" price.  So you're not just paying for the
DRM-removal; whether the higher quality is worth $0.30 it is another
matter...

Josh


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