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iTunes Cut: Will Labels Be Casualties of Music Price War? |
With a one-two punch, Apple is in the process of lowering the price of its iTunes Plus DRM-free music songs from $1.29 to 99 cents while at the same time adding 2 million songs to its iTunes Plus library. The additional songs, which come from music megalabel EMI -- along with a good many from independent labels -- will give Apple the largest DRM-free catalog in the world, the company said. However, Amazon.com, a newcomer on the scene of digital music sales, also says it has about 2 million DRM-free songs online, so the battle over the biggest DRM-free catalog may be a never-ending fight.
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