- record label can sell to customers without worrying about interoperability
- iPod owners can buy from new outlets
- Apple can sell to non-iPod users
- music can be sold to people that couldn't be reached before
- allows many stores to reach previously troublesome markets
- other retailers can offers downloads from a big label
- crucially, customers can hopefully stop worrying about interoperability
- EMI said its entire catalogue would be available as unprotected tracks for any retailer who wants to sell them. On iTunes, these higher quality tracks will cost 99p, while lower grade, DRM-laden versions will cost 79p.
Steve Jobs predicted that other major labels will follow suit shortly and that half the iTunes music store's 5m tracks would be available as unprotected versions by the end of the year.
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