What is Digg?Sponsored by Double Your Dating
The "Bad Boy Way" To Meet Women Online view!
doubleyourdating.com - You don't have to be a bad boy to succeed with the ladies - but here's a lesson ANY GUY can use...
110 Comments
- elbryan108, on 12/28/2007, -1/+44"***** the MPAA, ***** the RIAA, ***** the Suits behind the PSA and ***** 'em all for the DMCA" It's about time, good on ya TW!
- KC67, on 12/28/2007, -1/+35The RIAA sucks.
- MattB123, on 12/28/2007, -1/+34Great news. For a while there I wasn't buying as much music as I used to (which was a lot) because I couldn't get it at the price I was willing to pay in a format I wanted (DRM-free, not tied to a hardware platform, preferably lossles but I'd settle for high bitrate).
Since Amazon's store started up I've started blowing my money on music again and I like it. - CatalystDM, on 12/28/2007, -1/+34"I don't think any time is an appropriate time to quote a Disney character." - Anon
- coltrane68, on 12/28/2007, -4/+35Just one more reason Sony sucks.
- kazzyD, on 12/28/2007, -5/+28This is fantastic news, Warner Music has some good stuff, Led Zeppelin, Green Day, Metallica, and plenty more:
http://www.techconsumer.com/2007/12/27/amazon-mp3- ... - Senn, on 12/28/2007, -0/+22So, as the music industry is slowly waking up from the DRM nightmare, can we have the movie industry do the same, so that they can stop infecting our computers with mandatory DRM? No? Worth a try...
- apersaud, on 12/28/2007, -2/+24Finally and after so long! They are 'starting' to get the message.....
Now, how about making those tracks DRM free on the iTunes store as well. - iNoles, on 12/28/2007, -4/+24"Any man who falls behind, is left behind." - Jack Sparrow.
- chrisgeleven, on 12/28/2007, -5/+23Great news!
I hope they come to iTunes soon as well. - inactive, on 12/28/2007, -0/+17This is excellent news. The DRM free media market is coming a lot faster than I thought it would. Kudos to TW.
- sesstreets, on 12/28/2007, -0/+17Sony is still behind? Jeez.
- WiseWeasel, on 12/28/2007, -0/+17Same here, if only because 256kbit AAC is higher quality than 256kbit MP3, so I'd always go for the AAC if given the option...
- shmatt, on 12/28/2007, -1/+16***** metallica, they're part of what started the DRM ***** anyway. Still listen to their songs, which I paid for on CD, but hell if they're ever getting any money from me ever again
- Ajajadude, on 12/28/2007, -0/+14I'll settle for not being forced to wait for the "stealing movies is illegal" message in three different languages before I can finally start watching my movie.
- griz, on 12/28/2007, -6/+18WOW, was that the sound of Steve Job's knees buckling.
- goldenratiophi, on 12/28/2007, -0/+12- because it's convenient
- because I buy a lot of records (vinyl) that don't come with free MP3 downloads
- because I don't have a passionate hate for MP3 players - Ajajadude, on 12/28/2007, -3/+15...the RIAA still sucks.
- SilverBlade2k, on 12/28/2007, -0/+12Sony, the King of DRM is now the only holdout of DRM-infected music.....
Now if only movies would follow the same pattern. - wafflesomd, on 12/28/2007, -2/+13DRM was a GREAT idea.
- goldenratiophi, on 12/28/2007, -0/+11holy crap! this whole domino effect is happening way quicker than I anticipated. Good job, Warner!
- kmenzel, on 12/28/2007, -0/+10MP3 vs AAC perhaps?
- silentphoenix, on 12/28/2007, -0/+9only took them years to figure this one out
- WiseWeasel, on 12/28/2007, -1/+10iTunes sells 256kbit AAC (Advanced Audio Codec, part of the latest MPEG-4 audio spec) music files, whereas Amazon sells 256kbit bitrate songs in the older MP3 format (part of the ancient MPEG-1 audio spec). The quality of AAC recordings per given bitrate is significantly higher than MP3, on par with OGG Vorbis and WMA. MP3 tends to lose a lot of audio information and depth with certain music, especially more complex and subtle music such as jazz and classical orchestra, where formats such as AAC, OGG Vorbis and WMA have a much less perceptible quality loss. If you're ripping your own CDs, you might notice significantly higher quality if you use AAC format over MP3 at a given bitrate. Personally, I use iTunes to rip my CDs to AAC, 256kbit, VBR, and have been very happy with the results, even on some of the more sensitive music like jazz and classical, where I notice the quality loss with MP3 at the same bitrate, even if I use some of the more advanced MP3 encoders, such as LAME.
- ipodman, on 12/28/2007, -1/+9I checked out some of the tracks in jazz, the itunes versions sound better to me, don't know if it's just better encoding or what, but there's a lot more detail in the Apple versions of the same songs. The Amazon songs sound flatter with less depth.
- SPECOPS, on 12/28/2007, -0/+8agreed so long as it's local (or free shipping) and NOT a Sony rootkit-infected CD!
- BlueSkyfish, on 12/28/2007, -0/+7They have been the main contributor to the RIAA and MPAA for years. I don't think they're going to give up DRM anytime soon.
- WiseWeasel, on 12/28/2007, -1/+8You criticize the hold-outs (namely Sony BMG). Also, you criticize each individual label for suing grandmothers and children through the RIAA. Saying that the RIAA sucks for suing that granny won't affect any of the member companies in any negative way; but instead saying that Sony BMG, EFI, Universal Music, and Warner Music sucks for suing granny will allow people to help guide their music purchasing decisions, and avoid buying from those particular labels. If the RIAA actually sold a product that we could harm in the marketplace, then it would make sense to criticize them. Since they don't, and it's only the particular labels that sell product, they are the ones that we must focus negative publicity on if we want them to stop doing that, so that their sales are impacted.
- mrsteveman1, on 12/28/2007, -0/+6you fail
- tidu, on 12/28/2007, -0/+6i guess we all have our opinions, but I think building up a physical collection of something like CDs is pretty cool...
- frieddonuts, on 12/28/2007, -1/+7Yeah I'm a Sony fanboy (bury me if you want) and even I'm getting pissed off at their arrogance and reactionary view toward music distribution.
- phogasmic, on 12/28/2007, -0/+6Thats fantastic news, I don't like how they are trying to stick it to Apple though. When digital music sales take off, they should all remember that it was Apple who showed them the light.
- andrewtheart, on 12/28/2007, -0/+6I think he meant that he would buy so much music that it would amount to serious cash...
- addicted68098, on 12/28/2007, -3/+9Or you can spend $2 more and buy the CD, just a thought
- pcpimpster, on 12/28/2007, -0/+6Guess when the consumer can control how they obtain music the industry has to give us what we want.
Good times! - ArthurSucks, on 12/28/2007, -0/+5Simple words: "Out of Print!"
- WiseWeasel, on 12/28/2007, -3/+8The RIAA is just a lobbying organization for the major labels. It's those individual labels that should be the main focus of our criticism, since they are the ones that can be pressured to change their policies, and change the way the RIAA operates on their behalf.
- shmatt, on 12/28/2007, -1/+6***** the FCC, too.
- Darkhacker, on 12/28/2007, -1/+6It'd be nice if they used a free format such as Ogg Vorbis instead of mp3. Though I'm still glad they finally got rid of the nasty DRM.
- andrewtheart, on 12/28/2007, -0/+5Factor in people's compulsive desire for instant gratification and getting a physical CD "wastes time" (I have this same mentality, by the way)
- rkzda, on 12/28/2007, -0/+5Or perhaps, there are only a 5-6 good songs on any given cd, if that.(There are some exceptions of course..) Why pay for something you won't use?
- LeeSoong, on 12/28/2007, -0/+5iTunes should give consumers a way to automatically upgrade their 'old' 128 drm music files to the new 256kbit AAC format, at a very low cost [25 cents per song].
itunes users are stuck with these muddy low-fi files that sound flat and dull.
come on apple, offer an upgrade path to your loyal supporters. - SPECOPS, on 12/28/2007, -1/+6except having the ability to re-rip it when you need - especially if you ripped them with 128Kbit years ago, and now want to rip them again at 256Kbit
- edicius, on 12/28/2007, -1/+5Because they hate you.
- garagepunk, on 08/05/2009, -1/+5wow, bit late, still, good news, but, still dunno if i'll exclusively $buy$ music ever again . .
- edicius, on 12/28/2007, -0/+4I doubt 12 cents is serious cash to many people.
- inactive, on 12/28/2007, -2/+6or you could just use Amazon?
- dungbeetle, on 12/28/2007, -0/+4Get the DRM out of movies and computer games and I'll be a happier person.
- andrewtheart, on 12/28/2007, -0/+4LOL
- inactive, on 12/28/2007, -4/+7No thanks, I'd rather not have the hassle of ripping a physical CD then never using it again.
-
Show 51 - 100 of 110 discussions
© Digg Inc. 2009
— Content created and posted by Digg users is