Wow. After all that fuss, it turns out that I don't own a single upgradable EMI track. My cost for bringing my library out of the dark ages and into the brave new DRM-free world? Nothing. At least that's nothing until I go out and buy a $1.29 track later this morning so I can play with the data file and see whether it will play back on my, you know, Zune. Curiously enough I do own EMI plus-worthy tracks (for example, David Bowie's "Life on Mars") but I have not been offered an option to upgrade them.So here's the challenge: Who of you out there in reader land has the biggest collection of upgradable tracks and how much is iTunes asking you to fork over to pay for those upgrades? Let us know in the comments. The winner gets bragging rights ands we will issue him or her a virtual TUAW huzzah (try saying that three times fast.)













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5-30-2007 @ 2:05PM
James Whited said...
Probably not a winner, but I have an upgrade amount of $20.70. 4 Albums, and the rest are all singles, but odly to note, some tags are screwed up in the iTunes store.
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5-30-2007 @ 2:06PM
Ralph said...
I only had a single album that qualified (Robert Glasper's In My Element) but I've purchased two today (Paul McC/Wings' "Band on the Run" and Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon").
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5-30-2007 @ 2:07PM
WinkerWaffenTollBilbo said...
Well the format isn't supported by a ZUNE, and what the hell are you doing owning a ZUNE in the first place?
All of my Bowie I 'purchased' somewhere else.
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5-30-2007 @ 2:15PM
Mike said...
I had five tracks, just five! However, three of them won't download. They just sit there in the download queue until they time out. I'm guessing Apple is having server issues.
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5-30-2007 @ 2:17PM
mike.raiwet said...
Mine was 39.97
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5-30-2007 @ 2:17PM
djmattiepoo said...
105 songs, six albums, $21.57.
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5-30-2007 @ 2:24PM
JeffDM said...
3: The few reviews I've seen says Zune supports unprotected AAC, which is what the iTunes Plus is selling.
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5-30-2007 @ 2:25PM
hessi said...
29,09 EUR, 109 songs all together, 67 singles, 5 albums
Seems a bit low for more than 2000 songs purchased up until now...
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5-30-2007 @ 2:27PM
Carlos said...
Mine was 11.40 cents. to upgrade 4 Albums and 3 songs. Haven't done it yet.
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5-30-2007 @ 2:28PM
rex Anderson said...
5 albums for me. I was pleasantly surprised to find that, opting to have the previous files moved to the trash, all of the info that I fine-tune and playlsts remain intact. Great job Apple!
Note: the download speeds are really slow right now (1:30 PM CDT, Wed.)
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5-30-2007 @ 2:33PM
Tony said...
$142.21
581 Total songs
47 Albums
I don't think I'm gonna do it...
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5-30-2007 @ 2:34PM
mturro said...
I have 109 songs on 8 albums for a total upgrade cost of $26.70... however, I am having no luck in actually getting the upgrade to go through. I either get a network error or a message telling me that the item I am trying to download is no longer available at the store... maybe the store is getting slammed?
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5-30-2007 @ 2:37PM
Sirris said...
41.00 and something like 175 tracks.
However: the iTunes music store is timing out like crazy and I've only been able to download a few of my tracks so far. The site must be getting hammered.
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5-30-2007 @ 2:41PM
Brad said...
yeah..only 2 songs here totaling a whopping $.60. It was a tough choice....
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5-30-2007 @ 2:55PM
Stephen said...
16 Songs + 4 Albums... 16.77 to upgrade.... I'm thinking of upgrading some, the ones that I listen to often and really like, but some of the tracks were just me trying out a band that someone had suggested and I didn't end up liking and I won't upgrade those.
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5-30-2007 @ 2:59PM
Phil said...
I should have at least one, but it is telling me I have none. I purchased Coldplay X+Y from itunes and see it is one of the Plus albums. I'd be happy to upgrade, if they'd let me.
Bah.
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5-30-2007 @ 2:59PM
WinkerToupsBilboFrankenVernon said...
" The few reviews I've seen says Zune supports unprotected AAC, which is what the iTunes Plus is selling."
Wow I haven't even gotten to reading a ZUNE review stage...lolz.
No seriously...I haven't.
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5-30-2007 @ 3:00PM
Scott McNulty said...
55 songs, 4 albums and 1 stand alone song. Total cost: $12.30.
I think I'll do it (once I am at a computer which has my music on it).
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5-30-2007 @ 3:02PM
Raf said...
$3.60 for 12 songs.
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5-30-2007 @ 3:09PM
Phil said...
Well, I'm an idiot.
I forgot that for some reason I have two iTunes IDs, when I logged in using my other ID I had 26 songs for $7.80.
Wish I could combine my two accounts, but Apple already told me I can't.
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