Filed under: Audio, Internet, Apple

We have two bits of probably unrelated news about digital music in Europe to share today. First up, Apple has announced plans to establish uniform pricing for iTunes downloads all through Europe. Right now, UK residents are paying more for their music than customers in any other country in Europe.

The reason for that is considering Apple has to pay record labels more

money to distribute music in the UK than in other countries, but Apple is hoping to force those labels to lower their rates.

In other news, British regulators are considering legalizing CD ripping. That’s right, up until now, it’s been considered illegal to buy a CD, stick it in your computer and create MP3s that you can put on an iPod or other portable media player in […]

Orginal post by Brad Linder