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count on June 6, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: One More Thing: ‘iTunes Match’ Will Upgrade Your R...

It appears to be the ability to 'upload' or match new songs and then have them wirelessly sync over the internet to all of your devices would disappear. AAC doesn't have the ability to 'expire' content, as far as I know?

ugh on June 6, 2011 [–]

Apple’s DRM container files used AAC encoded audio. (This service seems to be without DRM, though.)

pyre on June 7, 2011 | [–]

Yes, but the iTunes music store has been rid of those for a while, and like you said, they've specifically stated that these will be DRM-free.

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