NowITWorks.net

At the MacWord Conference & Expo this world, it was revealed that the $0.99-fits-all pricing for iTunes will be changed to a new 3-tier pricing system, starting in April.

The new releases and more popular songs will cost $1.29 but you might be able to find your favorite old Journey song for a mere $0.69. Maybe that’s a bad example, I mean who doesn’t have the Journey greatest hits album? In any event, there will still be some songs available for the regular $0.99 pricing, although there’s no indication as to how that differentiation will be made.

Also, tiered pricing allows experimenting with bundle packs. For example – a popular title track may be matched with a less popular song off the same album and a ringtone. No estimated pricing has been released for this yet.

Lastly,  users will no longer be subjected to DRM (digital rights management) restrictions, which limited the amount of devices a user could download their purchased songs on. This makes many users very happy but it will cost an additional amount to remove those restrictions from already purchased music.

For more information about MacWorld Conference and Expo, click here.

For live blogging of the event, visit the WiredBlog by clicking here.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 at 11:32 am and is filed under News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.