No more copy-protected tracks on iTunes; they're all 256kbps with AAC encoding. And there's a new tiered pricing system that Apple said would never happen (but most of us wanted) - 59p, 79p and 99p. You can also pay 20p to upgrade your old iTunes purchases to the higher quality, DRM-free files. There's even a button to do it automatically.
How much a track costs doesn't make sense. Looking at this week's top ten of the hit parade, Lady Gaga's Poker Face and Taylor Swift's Love Story cost 99p, Metro Station's Shake It costs 59p (the only cheap song in the top 100) and the rest of them are 79p. 7Digital is cheaper than that (they're even selling the Doves' Kingdom of Rust for only 50p) and looking at Amazon, they're virtually giving them away - most are 29p for a 256kbps mp3! You might be able to tell the difference... if you're a dog. I import my CD tracks as 192kbps mp3s. I can't tell the difference in quality, but I am going deaf in my left ear (I'm a child of the Walkman generation).
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