7digital is trying to stick the boot into iTunes and other online music stores by integrating MP3 downloads into the Winamp Media Player. From today, Winamp users will be able to download tracks direct from 7digital without having to leave the comfort of their music player.
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We’d only been pondering whether iTunes would let you backdate DRM unlocks on songs you’d previously purchased for a few minutes when news came in from Apple that it would, with a simple one click solution – but it’ll cost you.
UPDATE: We’ve just had new pricing confirmed for iTunes in the UK. As of April 2009, iTunes will be charging at three price points, 59p (For songs nobody wants), 79p and 99p (Latest releases, no doubt) and most albums still priced at £7.99. iTunes Plus will now also offer DRM-free songs encoded at a crystal clear 256kbps.
Steve Jobs has been hinting at freeing iTunes from its DRM shackles for the best part of three years now, but it’s finally happened: Apple has just confirmed it’s going totally DRM free, starting today!
iTunes might only be available to iPhone and iPod touch owners with Wi-Fi, but 7digital’s hard at work on its own mobile download store, ready to serve up songs to your handset, Apple-branded or not.