Amidst all the coverage of the new iTunes pricing structure - and the fact that purchased songs will be DRM-free from now on - not many reporters pointed out (there are exceptions, of course) that Apple is actually charging 30 cents for DRM removal from old songs.

Yes, you can burn the songs to a CD and import them back into iTunes, but the quality of the tracks will deteriorate. What's important here is the fact that Apple is now basically admitting (remember that long anti-DRM note from Steve Jobs?) that DRM was a mistake, but they still want you to pay them for it. I don't know about you, but I don't like paying for others' mistakes.