Wal-Mart Selling MP3s Without DRM

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Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, announced today that it is now selling digital music downloads without DRM on its web site.

Wal-Mart said it would sell the "DRM-free" MP3 downloads of music by artists like the Rolling Stones, Amy Winehouse and Maroon 5 for 94 cents per track or $9.22 per album. It said the new format let customers play music on almost any device, including iPods, iPhones and Microsoft Corp's Zune portable media player.
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I'm sorry...does that say "new format"? I must be reading it incorrectly...clearly non-DRM MP3s have been around for a while...did Walmart invent this?

-S
 
I think we're finally getting there folks.

It only took the music industry 8 long years to get it thru their thick heads, but maybe, just maybe, we are on track now.
 
negated said:
I'm sorry...does that say "new format"? I must be reading it incorrectly...clearly non-DRM MP3s have been around for a while...did Walmart invent this?
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I don't think they're referring to the file format, as everyone knows its been around for a while. By "format", I assume they are referencing the fact that their music store now sells MP3s w/o DRM... which is different than the previous format. It's too early, too hard to explain :D
 
That's not a bad price for an album. I'd buy a lot more CDs at that price point. I won't buy a single song though that's ripped at anything other than a lossless bitrate.
 
Learn from AllofMP3.com/Alltunes.com/MP3spark.com DRM free music encoded in the customers choice of format at the customers choice of bitrate... anything else is crap.
 
firtol88 said:
Learn from AllofMP3.com/Alltunes.com/MP3spark.com DRM free music encoded in the customers choice of format at the customers choice of bitrate... anything else is crap.
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Makes for one hell of a large archive. *shrugs* I guess if you want the business, you'll go for it.
 
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