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Songs on iTunes No Longer Just 99 Cents

January 7, 2009 2:13 PM

Here's some interesting news for digital music buyers.

Apple announced yesterday that it had reached an agreement with all four major music labels; EMI, Sony, Universal and Warner -- to remove anticopying restrictions from the songs they sell on iTunes. That means users will be able to freely shift the songs they buy between their computers, iPods, phones and other digital devices.

Also, the labels now have the power to set their own prices for their music; 99 cents a song will no longer be the standard fee.

As the New York Times reports this morning:

"... a majority of songs will drop to 69 cents beginning in April, while the biggest hits and newest songs will go for $1.29, Others that are moderately popular will remain at 99 cents."

Rock Daily has a breakdown of why this happened and what it means here.

Sounds like a decent deal to us.

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2 Comments

Marty | January 7, 2009 10:16 PM

I'm going to download Mike Bones' last CD.

Tony Brown | January 7, 2009 3:54 PM

If that rotten worm-eaten company thinks I would give it a single cent to download one of it's worthless collection of old stars and current crop of wannabe "Kylies" they're sadly mistaken. Apple :) "Rotten To The Core"