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Rhapsody Opens Fire Against ITunes With DRM-free MP3s

Rhapsody will sell MP3s in a new digital download store launched Monday for U.S. consumers, an offering that will pose fresh competition to Apple's highly successful iTunes Music Store. The songs will not have DRM (Digital Rights Management) technology, which puts restrictions on how music can be transferred between devices and PCs, and will be compatible with Apple's iPod line.

Rhapsody opens fire against iTunes with DRM-free MP3s

Rhapsody will sell MP3s in a new digital download store launched Monday for U.S. consumers, an offering that will pose fresh competition to Apple's highly successful iTunes Music Store.

Rhapsody Opens Fire Against ITunes With DRM-free MP3s

Rhapsody will sell MP3s in a new digital download store launched Monday for U.S. consumers, an offering that will pose fresh competition to Apple's highly successful iTunes Music Store.

Rhapsody Opens Fire Against ITunes with DRM-Free MP3s

Rhapsody will sell MP3s in a new digital download store launched Monday for U.S. consumers, an offering that will pose fresh competition to Apple's highly successful iTunes Music Store.

Rhapsody opens fire against iTunes with DRM-free MP3s

Rhapsody will sell MP3s in a new digital download store launched Monday for U.S. consumers, an offering that will pose fresh competition to Apple's highly successful iTunes Music Store.

Rhapsody opens fire against iTunes with DRM-free MP3s

Rhapsody will sell MP3s in a new digital download store launched Monday for U.S. consumers, an offering that will pose fresh competition to Apple's highly successful iTunes Store.

Another nail in the DRM coffin: Rhapsody launches DRM-free MP3 store

This week, online music retailer Rhapsody has launched a new DRM-free music store in the US, allowing users to download unprotected 256kbps MP3 files for $0.99 per track (or $9.99 per album). While Rhapsody is just the latest in a string of online music stores to offer DRM-free music (including Amazon's MP3 store and Apple's iTunes Plus), it bangs another nail in the coffin of DRM in the online music business. We think the move away from DRM will benefit consumers, device vendors and online music retailers, by removing one of the biggest barriers to consumer acceptance of digital music sales.

PC World doofus blames Apple for lack of DRM-free music in iTunes Store

"iTunes gave us the 99-cent song download, thus paving the way for honest people to buy music at a fair price. So why does the iTunes Store still employ digital rights management (DRM) for the majority of songs in its library? Blaming the record labels no longer holds water: AmazonMP3 and Rhapsody are among a growing number of services selling DRM-free MP3s from all the major labels, not just EMI. At least iTunes no longer charges extra for the latter's "iTunes Plus" selections, but why hasn't Apple given DRM the heave-ho once and for all? At least customers have alternatives now," Rick Broida reports for PC World.

Real opens DRM-free MP3 store

Real opens DRM-free MP3 store Today, Real announced the beta launch of its DRM-Free Rhapsody MP3 Store, a completely different service then its current DRM-based subscription service.

was opening up a DRM-free MP3 Rhapsody store

Real opens DRM-free MP3 store Today, Real announced the beta launch of its DRM-Free Rhapsody MP3 Store, a completely different service then its current DRM-based subscription service.

Rhapsody Launches DRM-Free Online Music Store

Rhapsody has partnered with MTV Networks to launch Music Without Limits to compete with Apple, Inc.'s iTunes Store and others. Rhapsody's MP3 Store is offering DRM-free digital albums, most for $9.99, and tracks for 99 cents. The store's more than five million songs come from Rhapsody and partners, including Verizon's V CAST service for mobile devices.

Rhapsody's New e-Music Download Service Takes on iTunes

The subscription-music site Rhapsody (owned by RealNetworks (RNWK)) on Monday said it will start selling unprotected songs online as it tries to drum up sales and challenge the dominance of Apple Inc. (AAPL) and its popular iTunes service. Rhapsody previously offered consumers access to its library of 5 million songs for a monthly fee, but its service does not work on Apple's iPod. It also sold songs individually, though the music was encoded with anti-piracy DRM software. Under its new strategy, Rhapsody will sell music in an unprotected MP3 format and those songs will now be playable on an iPod or iPhone. The music will be compressed at a variable rate of 256 kilobits - double the rate used by iTunes for its DRM-encoded songs

DRM-free MP3s drive music sales

7digital.com said DRM-free music is much more popular than tracks with the controversial technology built in Online music retailer 7digital.com has announced that it expects to stock DRM-free MP3s from the Sony BMG and Universal record labels in the near future.

Rhapsody Bets DRM-Free Downloads Can Foil iTunes

Online music service Rhapsody is stepping forward as the latest would-be iTunes killer, rolling out a digital music store that will sell downloadable songs that are free of copy restrictions and compatible with the Apple iPod.

Evolution of DRM: streaming services use unencrypted MP3s

For the music industry, DRM might have started out being an antipiracy measure, but these days, it's becoming increasingly clear that it's used by the labels as a way of manipulating the market. The labels have largely prevented Apple from offering DRM-free music via iTunes, apparently because they are concerned with Cupertino's dominance of the download market, but have granted that right to Amazon. Meanwhile, the music licensing company SoundExchange has offered DRM as an escape clause for the increased royalties on Internet streaming; the new fees may be pushing Internet radio companies out of business. Now, word has come out that at least some streaming services are getting away with sending mildly obfuscated MP3s to their users.

DRM-Free ITunes for BlackBerry Users

For years Apple's iPod and iTunes Store have been the world's most popular digital media player and online music retailer combination, but if Research In Motion (RIM), maker of the BlackBerry smartphone and Apple's number-one iPhone competitor, has its way, that may soon begin to change. On Wednesday, RIM quietly released a new piece of software that enables iTunes users to sync their DRM-free music files with their BlackBerry media players.

Real opens DRM-free Rhapsody MP3 store as music cartels continue to collude against Apple

"Real this morning opened a test version of the Rhapsody MP3 Store, its first store to go without copy protected files. The MTV co-owned outlet is web-based and, unlike the company's subscription service, promises to work with any computer or device, including iPods; a Mac download manager is available to let users download all their songs as a complete package, Real says. The company has also successfully secured the catalogs of all four major music labels," Electronista reports.

Rhapsody Tries to Drown Out iTunes

RealNetworks' Rhapsody is setting its sights on users of Apple's iTunes with its "Music Without Limits" initiative, which includes the DRM-free sales of songs from the four major music labels. Rhapsody has also struck deals with Verizon Wireless, Viacom and iLike.

Rhapsody Tries to Drown Out iTunes

RealNetworks' Rhapsody is setting its sights on users of Apple's iTunes with its "Music Without Limits" initiative, which includes the DRM-free sales of songs from the four major music labels. Rhapsody has also struck deals with Verizon Wireless, Viacom and iLike.

Rhapsody Tries to Drown Out iTunes

RealNetworks' Rhapsody is setting its sights on users of Apple's iTunes with its "Music Without Limits" initiative, which includes the DRM-free sales of songs from the four major music labels. Rhapsody has also struck deals with Verizon Wireless, Viacom and iLike.

7digital sees DRM-free music downloads surge

7digital sees DRM-free music downloads surge The music download store 7digital.com is reporting that since the introduction of DRM-free music from the labels Warner and EMI, sales have skyrocketed over 300 percent propelling the site into second place behind Apple iTunes as the UK's biggest digital retailer.

Saturn offers DRM-free Universal MP3 catalogue

Users who download music from German retailer Saturn's online music store will now be able to share and use their purchased music without the usual restrictions associated with Digital Rights Management (DRM). The company made the announcement on Monday, in the process becoming the first European reseller to offer all of the songs in Universal Music Entertainment library DRM-free. Universal itself is pushing for the move to DRM-free files, with the recent launch of its LostTunes music store.

Rhapsody Makes $50M MP3 Bet + Analysis

Rhapsody America opens an all mp3 store today backed by a $50 million marketing campaign aimed straight at iTunes. Rhapsody's reach is extended as the download provider for Yahoo, MTV and iLike whose music application is popular on Facebook. The DRM free tracks are also available over the air via Verizon Wireless.

Rhapsody launches its DRM-free MP3 store

Real Networks' Rhapsody has opened an MP3 store that works independently of the subscription-based service, bringing Rhapsody ever closer in design (but not execution) to the venerable iTunes.

Rhapsody launches its DRM-free MP3 store

Real Networks' Rhapsody has opened an MP3 store that works independently of the subscription-based service, bringing Rhapsody ever closer in design (but not execution) to the venerable iTunes.

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