Watch your back, iTunes. Napster have opened their new web store today, and along with it, a brand spanking new pricing structure. Starting right this second, all tracks are $0.99 apiece, albums are $9.99, and all of it is totally DRM free. Even better, the almost all of the tracks are enocded in mp3 at the pretty decent bitrate of 256Kbps, along with high resolution artwork (at least 1000 x 1000 pixels).For those of you still digging the all-you-can-eat subscription models, they is also still available for $13 (Online) & $15 (To Go) a month, although obviously these will carry the same DRM restrictions that they had before. Namely, protected WMA format, and the files expire when your subscription is up.
Unfortunately, not all the news is peachy keen. Napster will not be allowing people who have bought files in the older protected formats to upgrade to the new DRM-free tracks, due to label restrictions. Oh well, I'm sure nothing bad will ever happen with those tracks.
[Napster Web Store]
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