iTunes Store is now 100% DRM free
Yep, that's right. Over the past 2 years, Apple has been working very hard with the music labels and artists to convert all of its media to iTunesPlus (256Kbps AAC encoded & DRM free), and today they turned off the DRM switch. I wrote It's time for an iTunes Boycott of DRM music labels back in January, and the content from those music labels and/or artists has been removed. The latest info about iTunes can be found here:
What's New
A few tracks are $1.29, but the vast majority of the music is still $0.99. I have noticed that some of the tracks that previously were not available as singles (i.e. required the purchase of the entire album), are now available at the $1.29 price while the rest of the tracks are still $0.99. The good thing is that the album prices don't seem to have changed, and you still get full credit for all portions of the album that you have purchased (including iTunesPlus upgrades) when it comes to Complete My Album.
Now if I could only find an easy way to post my iTunes Playlists on a web site, I'd be set. BTW, for those who are not aware, all of the portable media in the iTunes Store can now be played on ANY portable device. So whether you iPod, iPhone, iTouch, Generic MP3 play, or even Zune, you can use iTunes. The only down side at this point is that iTunes can't directly download to a non-Apple device, so you'll need to use the software for your portable player to do the transfers, but who knows, that may change. 