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  • News from Macworld: Recording industry declares surrender

    Apple promises iTunes will remove copy protection from "vast majority" of catalog. Who could have seen that coming?
  • China, Tibet and iTunes

    The iTunes Music Store suddenly doesn't work in China. Angry downloaders say the Olympic popularity of "Songs for Tibet" is to blame
  • Apple's iTunes beats Wal-Mart to become top U.S. music store

    CD sales slip, digital sales skyrocket.
  • Apple's 24-hour movie rental limit? Easily hackable

    Mess with your computer's clock, get unlimited time to watch your movies.
  • Apple cuts iTunes' DRM-free price to 99 cents

    Yet another sign that copy-restricted songs aren't long for this world.
  • Amazon's MP3 store: Better than iTunes

    For the first time, there's real competition to Apple's online music shop.
  • Free TV shows from Fox, ABC and NBC (with catches)

    There are more options than ever to download TV shows. Too bad none quite works very well.
  • Apple plays hardball, pulls NBC shows ASAP

    After NBC's decision not to renew its iTunes contract, Apple pulls the plug on the network's shows effective almost immediately.
  • Universal decides to unlock its music (except on iTunes)

    The world's largest music company will launch an experiment to sell digital music without copy-protection software
  • Apple sells 3 billion iTunes songs

    If you needed any proof that Steve Jobs is the master of the music business, this is it.
  • The fate of indie music as we know it

    Just as Uncle Sam has finally cracked down on payola in corporate radio, the government has dealt a blow to Internet radio, the only promising home to music beyond the top 40.
  • Steve Jobs: "Let the music be free"

    Digital rights management is a joke. A manifesto from Apple's CEO.
  • iPod: I love you, you're perfect, now change

    Apple's ingenious music player is 5 years old -- gorgeous, exciting, tempting. So why do I often wish it had never been invented?
  • Hallelujah, the Mac is back

    Weary of spyware, tired of virus attacks, a nation turns its lonely eyes to ... Apple?
  • One music store to rule them all

    Microsoft's answer to iTunes isn't pretty, doesn't have that great a selection, and won't sell songs that play on an iPod. But it'll still probably take over the world of online music.
  • The digital music renaissance

    Having all your tunes at your fingertips isn't just fun -- it makes you a more avid consumer of music. So why are the recording companies fighting the future?
  • Is the war on file sharing over?

    The music biz is declaring success, citing lawsuits and Apple's iTunes. But to music fans who recall the glory days of Napster, the fight goes on.
  • The return of the Internet

    In 2003, Howard Dean scored big with the Web, while India took advantage of online communications to grab thousands of white-collar jobs from the West. The Net, it turns out, still matters.
  • Send lawyers, guns and money

    CD sales have rebounded ever since the music biz started suing file-sharers. The industry is convinced there's a connection.
  • Musical snares

    Is Apple's iTunes service nirvana for music fans -- or just the start of a file-format nightmare that will drive us all nuts?
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