| Victory: EMI to sell DRM-free music |
ARIA Top 5 Singles
1. Silverchair - Straight Lines
2. Mika - Grace Kelly
3. Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
4. Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape
5. Fall Out Boy - This Ain't A Scene...
Top 5 Stores
1. iTunes
2. Sanity Digital
3. Bigpond Music
4. Ripit.com.au
5. Creative Music Store
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music stores that sell music, videos and
software. This site was created to
encourage legal downloading. It is also an
aggregator of related news.
1. Silverchair - Straight Lines
2. Mika - Grace Kelly
3. Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
4. Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape
5. Fall Out Boy - This Ain't A Scene...
Top 5 Stores
1. iTunes
2. Sanity Digital
3. Bigpond Music
4. Ripit.com.au
5. Creative Music Store
About
Karma Likes Me is a directory of online
music stores that sell music, videos and
software. This site was created to
encourage legal downloading. It is also an
aggregator of related news.
Download Summer Heights High for free!
January 2008
The hit ABC comedy is available free on iTunes as a podcast - in fact, its the number one most
downloaded podcast right now. Set in you average Australian high school, Summer Heights High is a
mockumentary featuring not so average students and teachers, all played by Chris Lilley. Dick-tation!
April 2 2007
In a ground breaking move for consumers, EMI (one of the big four music companies) has decided to
sell high quality DRM-free music through itunes. Here are the facts:
- DRM-free tracks will cost US$0.30 more (roughly 30 percent more)
- Quality will jump from 128kbps to 256kbps
- Song remain in AAC format (from iTunes)
- Albums will automatically be DRM-free, higher quality and at no addtional charge
- EMI music videos will also be DRM-free
- Consumers will be able to upgrade their collection for US$0.30 per track
- EMI's DRMed 128kbps songs will continue to be sold for their normal price
Apple's iTunes and other online music stores will be selling these 'freed' songs within the next month.
Microsoft: It's Not Cheating
March 13 2007
Australian university students are being offered Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 for a mere $75. The
suite normally sold for well over $1000 is being offered through the website aptly titled www.
itsnotcheating.com.au. Students download the software as opposed to receiving a boxed version.
Official site
EU takes aim at Apple over iTunes
March 11 2007
"Do you think it's fine that a CD plays in all CD players but an iTunes song only plays in an iPod? I
don't. Something has to change," EU Consumer Protection Commissioner Meglena Kuneva argues in
an interview for German magazine Focus. Full story
Jobs hates DRM
February 25 2007
Apparently Apple would "drop Digital Rights Management" from its tracks sold through the iTunes store
if the record companies would agree. In a blog posting on www.apple.com, he outlines alternative
ways to deal with piracy - one of which is giving consumers the rights they deserve. Full story
RIAA clampdown: thousands of college student downloaders already targeted this year
February 25 2007
Peter Merli of pmerli.com responded to the numerous RIAA lawsuits against college filesharers by
stating that these very students are 'the future music purchasers'. He used the example of the band
Dispatch which allowed its tracks to be downloaded freely off Napster. Full story
Digital music to listener's ears
January 29 2007
IFPI predicts that by 2010, 25 per cent of all music purchases will be made online. Last year alone,
legal downloads accounted for 10 per cent ($US2 billion) of the global market. It seems that the
transition that the record industry feared is finally a positive one. Full story
iTunes outpaces Amazon
January 2007
In a victory for legal digital downloads, Steve Jobs announced at the history making (iPhone) keynote
that Apples iTunes Store had surpassed Amazon.com in terms of the volume of music sold. Amazon
sells CD's through its website. Apple has set its sights on Target, the 4th largest seller of physical
CDs in the US.
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January 2008
The hit ABC comedy is available free on iTunes as a podcast - in fact, its the number one most
downloaded podcast right now. Set in you average Australian high school, Summer Heights High is a
mockumentary featuring not so average students and teachers, all played by Chris Lilley. Dick-tation!
April 2 2007
In a ground breaking move for consumers, EMI (one of the big four music companies) has decided to
sell high quality DRM-free music through itunes. Here are the facts:
- DRM-free tracks will cost US$0.30 more (roughly 30 percent more)
- Quality will jump from 128kbps to 256kbps
- Song remain in AAC format (from iTunes)
- Albums will automatically be DRM-free, higher quality and at no addtional charge
- EMI music videos will also be DRM-free
- Consumers will be able to upgrade their collection for US$0.30 per track
- EMI's DRMed 128kbps songs will continue to be sold for their normal price
Apple's iTunes and other online music stores will be selling these 'freed' songs within the next month.
Microsoft: It's Not Cheating
March 13 2007
Australian university students are being offered Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 for a mere $75. The
suite normally sold for well over $1000 is being offered through the website aptly titled www.
itsnotcheating.com.au. Students download the software as opposed to receiving a boxed version.
Official site
EU takes aim at Apple over iTunes
March 11 2007
"Do you think it's fine that a CD plays in all CD players but an iTunes song only plays in an iPod? I
don't. Something has to change," EU Consumer Protection Commissioner Meglena Kuneva argues in
an interview for German magazine Focus. Full story
Jobs hates DRM
February 25 2007
Apparently Apple would "drop Digital Rights Management" from its tracks sold through the iTunes store
if the record companies would agree. In a blog posting on www.apple.com, he outlines alternative
ways to deal with piracy - one of which is giving consumers the rights they deserve. Full story
RIAA clampdown: thousands of college student downloaders already targeted this year
February 25 2007
Peter Merli of pmerli.com responded to the numerous RIAA lawsuits against college filesharers by
stating that these very students are 'the future music purchasers'. He used the example of the band
Dispatch which allowed its tracks to be downloaded freely off Napster. Full story
Digital music to listener's ears
January 29 2007
IFPI predicts that by 2010, 25 per cent of all music purchases will be made online. Last year alone,
legal downloads accounted for 10 per cent ($US2 billion) of the global market. It seems that the
transition that the record industry feared is finally a positive one. Full story
iTunes outpaces Amazon
January 2007
In a victory for legal digital downloads, Steve Jobs announced at the history making (iPhone) keynote
that Apples iTunes Store had surpassed Amazon.com in terms of the volume of music sold. Amazon
sells CD's through its website. Apple has set its sights on Target, the 4th largest seller of physical
CDs in the US.
Read On:
- News archives
- Where do we get our news?
- Contact us
- Who are we?
Victory
EMI to sell DRM free
downloads within a month,
starting on iTunes.
EMI to sell DRM free
downloads within a month,
starting on iTunes.