Apple has finally seen the light and starting today 8 million of their 10 million songs available through iTunes will be available without copy protection.

DRM has always been hugely unpopular with consumers and according to the BBC back in 2007 Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, wrote an open letter to the three major record companies urging them to ditch DRM.
That day has finally come due to an agreement Apple has signed with Sony BMG, Universal and, Warner Music.

The announcement was made at the Macworld Conference in San Francisco where Apple senior VP, Phil Schiller, also stated that they would be revising their pricing structure.

Currently all songs are a flat-rated $0.99. The new structure will be tow tiered with songs available for $0.69 and $1.29. The higher price is for premium songs called iTunes Plus.