Rhapsody Targets iTunes with MP3 Store: related news

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.

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.

iTunes Movie Store Now Available Down Under

"Apple® today announced that movies from major film studios including 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Sony Pictures Television International and Lionsgate are now available on the iTunes® Store in Australia (www.itunes.com/au) and in New Zealand (www.itunes.com/nz). Movie purchases and rentals feature iTunes’ legendary ease of use, which makes discovering and enjoying movies as simple and easy as buying music on iTunes has always been. The iTunes Store in Australia and New Zealand feature over 700 films for rent or purchase, with new release titles available for purchase on the same day as their DVD release, including favorites such as “National Treasure 2,â€� “Jumper,â€� “27 Dresses,â€� “Cloverfield,â€� “Vantage Pointâ€� and â

RealNetworks Launches MP3 Store; Unlimited Music in Verizon Wireless

imageRealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK), among the early proponents on DRM-free music, has finally been able to launch an MP3 store, joining the likes of Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN), Napster (NSDQ: NAPS) and iTunes, who have started offering a range of MP3 options over the last year. Rhapsody’s MP3 store offers music from all four major labels, with singles at the usual 99 cents price, and most albums priced at $9.99. The service is now a joint venture between RNWK and MTV Network, who joined together last year to form Rhapsody America.

RealNetworks Debuts MP3 Store, Teams with iLike, Verizon

Seattle - RealNetworks (NASD: RNWK) on Monday unveiled a "Music Without Limits" initiative, which includes the launch of a new DRM-free Rhapsody MP3 store and 100,000 album giveaway, full-song streaming and MP3 sales partnerships with iLike, MTV (NYSE: VIA) and Yahoo (NASD: YHOO), and an unlimited mobile subscription service deal with Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ). The Rhapsody MP3 catalog will include more than 5 million songs from all four major labels, available both for purchase and as full-song samples (25 songs per person per month) -- a feature not available at Apple's iTunes Store.

Rhapsody embraces iPod with MP3 store, seeks to challenge iTunes

Rhapsody is the latest online music service to try to take a piece of the action from iTunes, as it announces its new MP3 store featuring DRM-free tracks which can be played on iPod, as well as other portable music players.

Rhapsody embraces iPod with MP3 store, seeks to challenge iTunes

Rhapsody is the latest online music service to try to take a piece of the action from iTunes, as it announces its new MP3 store featuring DRM-free tracks which can be played on iPod, as well as other portable music players.

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.

Rhapsody Gives Away 100,000 Albums to Celebrate Debut of MP3 Store

SEATTLE, June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The first 100,000 people to sign up for an account at http://www.rhapsody.com/mp3 will receive a free digital album of their choice complements of Rhapsody, the digital music service from RealNetworks and MTV Networks, which today opened the virtual doors to its new MP3 Store.

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.

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Apple's Polish Joke: Polish iTunes Store Offers No Tunes

itunes.pngApple just expanded the list of international iTunes stores on its website, adding countries such as Poland, Qatar and the Czech Republic. The problem? None of these countries can buy anything through the iTunes store. Rather, they're just setting up the infrastructure so the residents of those countries can have access to iPhone Apps. What a sad, lonely iTunes store that must be. No music, no videos, no podcasts. Just Super Monkeyball and a few hundred to-do list apps. [iFun.de]

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

China restores access to iTunes Store, sans Tibet album

Access to the iTunes Store from within China has been restored, and everyone is happy again... for the most part. Chinese iTunes users have begun reporting across the 'Net that they're once again able to buy things from the US iTunes Store (there is no China store as of yet), and an Apple spokesperson confirmed to the San Francisco Gate that access to the service is available once again.

RealNetworks Debuts MP3 Store

Seattle-based RealNetworks Inc., operator of the Rhapsody digital music service, revealed today that it has launched an online music store that will compete head-to-head against iTunes and other popular digital music retailers. RealNetworks said the Rhapsody-branded servic, will offer most of its songs for 99 cents and most of its albums for $9.99. All downloads, the company added, will be in the popular MP3 format, which can be played on most any portable music device and which is free of proprietary digital-rights-management restrictions. To promote its new service, RealNetworks said it will award free albums to the first 100,000 people who register with Rhapsody and shop before the Fourth of July. Additionally, RealNetworks said its service will offer shoppers full-length song playback instead of the 30-second samples available with co

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.

Rhapsody Targets iTunes with MP3 Store

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iTunes 7.7: shuts down when attempting to access the iTunes store

Some iTunes users have noticed that upon accessing the iTunes store the program will shut down and give an "iTunes unexpectedly quit" error message along with a crash report.

Rhapsody Gives Away 100,000 Albums to Celebrate Debut of MP3 Store

PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The first 100,000 people to sign up for an account at www.rhapsody.com/mp3 will receive a free digital album of their choice complements of Rhapsody, the digital music service from RealNetworks (Nasdaq: RNWK) and MTV Networks, which today opened the virtual doors to its new Click for the lowest price on dmnobieblankmp3');" onMouseOut="setTimeout('hideLayer()',500);" class=hotlink2>MP3

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iTunes K-12 launches with resources for students, parents

Since its launch a little over a year ago, iTunes U has grown into a large collection of educational material and resources from over 70 colleges and universities worldwide. Yesterday, at the National Education Computing Conference in San Antonio, Texas, iTunes K-12 was announced as a service on the iTunes Store, similar to that of iTunes U, but aimed at primary and secondary education. "K-12 on iTunes U" is a modest start in comparison to what iTunes U has become, but with 11 entities already, it's a start.

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 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.

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