Macworld is reporting that more EMI tracks are being sold now that they are available in a higher bitrate (better quality) DRM free versions. EMI sales climb on iTunes Plus plan.
Let’s hope that other record labels take note and get rid of DRM. As plenty of other people have noted, DRM only hurts honest customers. [...]
Posted on Thursday 21st June 2007 in Computers, Music tagged apple, DRM, ipod, Music, with no comments.
According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation Microsoft’s so called “iPod Killer” is turning out to be rather suicidal:
Microsoft’s Zune will not play protected Windows Media Audio and Video purchased or “rented” from Napster 2.0, Rhapsody, Yahoo! Unlimited, Movielink, Cinemanow, or any other online media service. That’s right—the media that Microsoft promised would Play For Sure™ [...]
Posted on Monday 18th September 2006 in Blog, Computers, Music tagged Computers, EFF, ipod, Links, microsoft, Music, technology, WMA, with no comments.
Buying music from the iTunes store, or napster, or anywhere else for that matter is not ‘there’ yet, for me at least. I’m not sure where exactly ‘there’ is, but what online music stores don’t have is a tangible product, that can be unwrapped, the CD box taken out of it’s decorative sleeve, and the [...]
Posted on Wednesday 27th July 2005 in Blog tagged DRM, future, internet, ipod, Music, with no comments.
