Posts Tagged ‘DRM’

DRM-Free Music in Canadian iTunes

By jambrose | Digital Music, Personal

Does the Canadian iTunes store carry DRM-free music? iTunes Canada carries songs free of DRM? After Googling this question a couple times, I thought I would make it easier to find the answer. The answer is yes, but not all songs. You can tell by the words “iTunes Plus” above the buy now button. I

Digital Music Intermediation Part 6

By jambrose | Digital Music, Interactive Strategy, Media Technology, Social Media

In describing the “Virtual Value Chain”, the authors of “The Move to Artist-Led Online Music Distribution: Explaining Structural Changes in the Digital Music Market”(2005) claim that “the emerging digital music market supports dramatically reduced production and distribution costs”. Since the same recording is used for both physical and digital distribution, recording costs stay the same.