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Music downloads on the other hand, don't provide that and so....

Amazon MP3s have no DRM, and pretty much everything in the iTunes Music Store is also DRM free these days.

Amazon doesn't allow me to purchase mp3s from the store since its US only. I don't know if iTunes does that, but I am not a fan.

I believe iTunes sells DRM-free 256kb AAC files, except in Japan.

They sound great, and play on pretty much everything.

I'm not quite sure why they still have county lockouts (except for the potential marketing release dates, but still).

Its fascinating though to see such consistently strong numbers for increase in downloads due to the removal of DRM. We'll see if dollars incent publishers to ease their usage of DRM in the future.

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