DRM-free iTunes: A Huge Step Forward?
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Magnatune.
By and large, I find most of the music produced under large labels these days to suck harder than my Kirby. Yeah, there's a lot of terrible stuff pushed out on the independent scene, too; but the victories are sweeter and the music fresher, in my opinion. Being able to get an uncompressed waveform to encode yourself is pretty nice, too. :)
How did they justify for it ?
No one mentions that they just raised price 30 % in order to make music labels more happy. Thats how they justified getting rid of DRM.
There is always some trade off in place with apple.
Sounds a little too good to be true. Probably is. Etc.
I would love it if there were a fourth survey option: "I'll believe it when I see it."
This is not the first time Apple has made claims to un-DRM its music, and seems somewhat inconsistent with the views and wishes both of Apple and their suppliers.
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Not being an iTunes advocate, I do see the draw of their platform -- and agree with Mr. Lessig that their model is one possible future for the music industry at large.
But with that said, this seems a little too much like idle marketing to me -- a "we're making our platform DRM free, promise!" -- in light of /one of their biggest yearly marketing events/.
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It's not really Apple that seems off the mark here, so much as the wills and actions of Big Media.
I will truly be impressed if they've gotten their most short-sighted, greedy, and ludite of vendors to agree to having their music become more readily pirated in the short term. I am, of course, ignoring the economic and social benefits of DRM-free music to play Devil's Advocate.
Excuse the self-reply, but
Excuse the self-reply, but minor consistency correction:
"It's not really Apple that seems off the mark here, so much as the wills and actions of Big Media."
Should read:
"It's not really Apple that seems off the mark here, so much as the wills and actions of Big Media, and their willingness to serve them."
Thanks. :)
Forget iTunes; I use AmaroK and Sandisk Sansa Clip
No DRM involved, no "Windows/Mac only" stupidity, AmaroK Just Works (TM). Oh, and the Sansa Clip supports both Ogg Vorbis and FLAC. With such excellent support, I don't see any need for iGoons or the equally proprietary iBlob. With my setup, all my music truly "plays for sure."
Yay, SanDisk, for supporting truly open formats! And thank you, KDE team, for the wonderful AmaroK!
--SYG
Ehhh
Amazon's MP3 store suits me just fine (http://www.amazon.com/MP3-Music-Download/b?ie=UTF8&node=163856011).
Day late/dollar short.
Carlie Fairchild is the publisher of Linux Journal.
Holy Smoke
Totally off topic, but . . .
Linux Journal's publisher very is easy on the eyes! Lovely avatar.
If they ever support FLAC,
If they ever support FLAC, then maybe we'll talk.
Same thing. CD quality music
Same thing.
CD quality music in open format is what I want.
itunes still isn't up to LALA standards
With all DRM free music, platform independence, and cheaper prices on their side, I would think LALA.com should still gain ground on iTunes.
Year without DRM
While this is good news, it's still important to keep one's resolution to avoid DRM. Perhaps it got just a little easier.
http://www.yearwithoutdrm.com
But what about the PRICE HIKE??
I'm happy about the DRM-free music, but come on Apple. Raising prices on some of the music to $1.29 a song? Get OUT of here with that crap! Hmph.