For just $1.29, users can soon download DRM-free music titles from part of the iTunes music catalogue, according to Apple CEO Steve Jobs! This is a major victory for consumers’ rights and is a positive development in the evolution of online media sales. For those who seeks to keep us all in the dark ages, it is a loss of epic proportions - and I couldn’t be happier.
If this works well, I think we may see all of the major record labels following suit soon to offer DRM-free music.
Realizing the huge untapped pool of people downloading legal iTunes music on the web these days, a resident of the Philippines named Terence Pua is offering a backup service that is fully automated. Because most people are too lazy or unknowledgable to backup their music to DVD or external hard drives, Pua plans a hosting service that backs up the track as soon as it is downloaded from the iTunes music service. The service is called Bandwagon, and it’s getting attention from sites like CNet and TechBlog.
Here’s to hoping that music downloaders understand the importance of backing up their precious data with their own resources or an online service…
