On 5/13/05, Christian Pernegger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > you can download unprotected music for a fee, > > "Legally"? Where?
eMusic sells downloads of non-DRMed MP3 files, though I dunno if that's available from outside the US. Also, more interestingly, there's http://www.audiolunchbox.com which sells music (apparently worldwide) in unrestricted MP3 *and* Ogg Vorbis formats. If they would start selling FLAC files, I might actually start buying from them regularly, especially since I see they have the new Magnolia Electric Company and Architecture in Helsinki albums. I'm still too much of a sucker for the physical purchase of a CD with its usage as a backup and its liner notes and whatnot, though. I'm sure you could find other individual labels and whatnot that sell their stuff in an unrestricted format. A decent number of UK labels sell unrestricted MP3s through playloudershop.com None of these are trying to live in that dodgy legal greyarea that one certain Russian site is inhabiting. If I were going to buy a lot of digital downloads, I'd definitely be after a non-DRM solution just to make it as future-proof as possible. I'd probably transcode a lossy file into FLAC just so that it's in a completely open format (wouldn't change the sound quality) and put it in my archive backups. But that's just me being anal. But, like, philosphically speaking, it's whatever floats your boat. I did a trial of Raphsody when I got my cable modem, and I just didn't find that there was enough music that I liked for me to keep paying them month after month. But if people like Christian would like for the market to reject DRM, then I guess the best way is to turn as many people onto the the *legal* DRM-free purchase sites, that way everyone votes with their wallet. -Steve _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
