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Apple Releases iTunes 7.2, Launches iTunes Plus (DRM Free)

zim

zim

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One thing that I find odd is that if I go to Upgrade then I can upgrade but if I go to the artist it only shows me the .99 cent version.. yet, and in this case I own a track or two, if I say complete album I then see the 1.29 DRM free versions and option to upgrade to DRM free... seems messy.
 
Chaszmyr

Chaszmyr

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Did they pull iTunes Plus to work out the bugs, or am I the only one not seeing it?
 
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prawnballs

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I've just upgraded 54 tracks to Plus for £8.40 or something. Thought I might as well. Thought I would have had more tracks from EMI but obviously not :) Seems to work quite well, but obviously I'd rather not have to pay at all to download the same tracks again.
 
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Ha ze

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zim said:
Only after returning to the music front page once or twice did I finally see an Upgrade your music... already upgraded a few Beastie Boys songs :) $.30 per updated song, not bad.
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I'm not seeing that option anywhere? I went to check out some david bowie music, it said iTunes Plus and i have it turned on, but all the tracks were still listed as $.99 sooooooooo.... i dunno, wait it out i guess
 
eenu

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prawnballs said:
I've just upgraded 54 tracks to Plus for £8.40 or something. Thought I might as well. Thought I would have had more tracks from EMI but obviously not :) Seems to work quite well, but obviously I'd rather not have to pay at all to download the same tracks again.
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Going to tell us how you did it?
 
zim

zim

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So it would seem that for those of us that like to buy songs individually it would be best to only buy DRM versions at .99 cents.. I don't think buying per song as DRM free is economically sound hehe... good thing they have the complete my album and upgrade options (although the upgrade looks to be possibly limited just as is the complete my album).
 
eenu

eenu

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prawnballs said:
I've just upgraded 54 tracks to Plus for £8.40 or something. Thought I might as well. Thought I would have had more tracks from EMI but obviously not :) Seems to work quite well, but obviously I'd rather not have to pay at all to download the same tracks again.
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Actually it would be over £10 so something tells me your telling a few lies given no one else can upgrade
 
Luveno

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I now see iTunes Plus content when I search for some artists. However, $1.39 a track, here in Canada. I don't understand how we can pay $0.99 for regular tracks, just like the U.S. but have to pay a higher rate for the DRM free tracks, compared to the U.S. Correct me if i'm wrong, but it *is* $1.29 state-side, correct?
 
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onebloodonelife

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Luveno said:
I now see iTunes Plus content when I search for some artists. However, $1.39 a track, here in Canada. I don't understand how we can pay $0.99 for regular tracks, just like the U.S. but have to pay a higher rate for the DRM free tracks, compared to the U.S. Correct me if i'm wrong, but it *is* $1.29 state-side, correct?
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Yep, $1.29 over here.
 
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prawnballs

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yagran said:
where do you go to upgrade?
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I clicked on the link to 'Complete My Albums', found one that was incomplete but was now available in plus, clicked 'complete my album', then there was a link to 'Upgrade to iTunes Plus before completing this album', clicking on that brought up another page that told me how many songs I had that could be upgraded to Plus for 20p each.

Obviously will become easier in time but this is how I managed it. Seems to have stopped downloading the 54 songs now though....

eenu said:
Actually it would be over £10 so something tells me your telling a few lies given no one else can upgrade
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Why would I lie? It is £8.40 or something similar. It is a mixture of individual songs and albums, so it will be 20p for the individual tracks and less for the upgraded albums. I have much better things to do with my time than create stories about downloading music from the iTunes store :rolleyes:
 
zim

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Ha ze said:
I'm not seeing that option anywhere? I went to check out some david bowie music, it said iTunes Plus and i have it turned on, but all the tracks were still listed as $.99 sooooooooo.... i dunno, wait it out i guess
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Have you purchased any songs from David Bowie? If so you might need to.. UGH! I turned off iTunes Plus then back on and that option to upgrade is gone??

Sigh.. back to you, you should see iTunes Plus listed next to the buy album, I am seeing songs for .99 but the buy album says iTunes Plus.. unsure what is going on myself.
 
Eduardo1971

Eduardo1971

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Since I've been subscribing to http://www.emusic.comfor almost a year; I've been waiting for iTunes to release DRM-free and higher bit-rate music.

I love emusic, but more mainstream releases are sure hard to find there. Here's hoping that more of the major record companies begin releasing higher bit-rate and DRM-free music on iTunes.
 
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Ha ze

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prawnballs said:
I clicked on the link to 'Complete My Albums', found one that was incomplete but was now available in plus, clicked 'complete my album', then there was a link to 'Upgrade to iTunes Plus before completing this album', clicking on that brought up another page that told me how many songs I had that could be upgraded to Plus for 20p each.

Obviously will become easier in time but this is how I managed it. Seems to have stopped downloading the 54 songs now though....
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good walk though, i followed these steps, turns out i have a whopping one song to upgrade, but i bet it'll sound amazing

I dont know about anyone else, but I think it would be nice to have a little icon, like the plus logo, on the song line in my library, similar to the way "Explicit" or "Clean" are tagged.
 
Seasought

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Is the sound quality of the DRM-free songs noticeably better? Funny how a short time ago Jobs was mentioning how the $.99 tag for a song was something he would stick to and that charging more would be a bad move.

Yet here we are.

Feels more like drinking Kool-aid than anything with swallowing this extra price tag for DRM-free songs, when its easily circumventable. I certainly hope the sound quality is much much better.
 
eenu

eenu

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prawnballs said:
I clicked on the link to 'Complete My Albums', found one that was incomplete but was now available in plus, clicked 'complete my album', then there was a link to 'Upgrade to iTunes Plus before completing this album',
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I never got that for my cassius album
 
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yagran

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wow i found the upgrade page finally

not that i have much to upgrade lol. see attached :D (only 102 of my songs eligible :()

ps. dont laugh at me for having bought babycakes lol!
 

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