Gary Whitten wrote:
Thank you for all your info, guys.
I have some more questions:
- what is DRM?
- does eMusic just have indie music or is there also some way
to get music from main labels?
For your first question:
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management
"Digital rights management (DRM) is an umbrella term that refers to
access control technologies used by publishers and copyright holders to
limit usage of digital media or devices. It may also refer to
restrictions associated with specific instances of digital works or
devices."
In plain English, when you buy DRM'd media, you pay as if you were
buying that media, but you actually are renting it for the purchase
price... eBooks that won't let you print them, iTunes music that won't
let you change computers (kind of), almost all DVDs, etc are examples of
this in use...
Have a look at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6337781.stm
For the first part of the second question, I don't use emusic, but I
searched for "Eminem" there and it gave me this very informational page
(which kinda makes me want to use emusic):
http://www.emusic.com/search.html?mode=x&QT=eminem&x=0&y=0
For the second part of your second question, it's a whole big essay :))
and not so much related to Linux as an OS... But in short, I would buy a
CD... But I would still use a website like http://www.riaaradar.com/ to
choose which music I buy and stay away from RIAA-backed stuff...
Thanks,
Mehmet.
