Interesting news/reviews/deals from the portable audio market
EMI said yesterday that the new Macrovision-built DRM they plan to employ on their compact discs will be iTunes-friendly. Users will be able to rip it using iTunes and transfer it to their iPods. (Furthermore users will be able to make three copies of the disc on blank CDs and burn each individual track up [...]
EMI to ship iTunes-compatible copy-protected CDs: I couldn’t be more indifferent to this, as I stay away (run!) from copy-protected CDs, but anyway.
According to Forbes, Apple still hasn’t struck a deal with two major label for distributing their catalogues in the soon-to-launch australian branch of the iTunes Music Store. Warner Music Group and Sony BMG, the same two companies that are not in the iTMS Japan deal, want variable pricing on the tunes, but Apple’s successful strategy [...]