Apple recently announced the launch of iTunes Plus, a service part of the iTunes music store, which is said to introduce music DRM-free. At present, merely music from the recording label EMI is accessible in this format. These music tracks are being offered at some higher price i.e. if you wish for the freedom of doing whatever you desire with your music, you will be required to cough up an additional 30 cents per track.
Apple is also looking forward to encompass 50 per cent of the iTunes music collection to be obtainable in the DRM-free format till the ending of this calendar year. Tonight at the All Things Digital conference Steve Jobs was reported to have said that there are small autonomous labels, which are also signing up to get their music put for sale DRM-free. But, in his mentioning there was not idea of any other key labels that are looking forward to chip in in this mission for liberation.
So as to make use of the iTunes Plus service you will be required to make a download of iTunes 7.2, which was also brought into light on the same day. The latest iTunes inserts a link to iTunes Plus in the Quicklinks section. The first time you make access to iTunes Plus you will need to set a few preferences and take on an additional contract besides the one you embarked on while deploying the software.
