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- Konrad9, on 01/27/2008, -15/+130It's FREE.
Holy ***** people.
FREE. LEGAL.
Yes it's got the evil soul-sucking DRM but so what?
Free.
Don't knock it till you've tried it. - AdamPieniazek, on 01/27/2008, -18/+99Suit yourselves but I for one associate the words Microsoft and subscription with unreliable.
- sdubois92, on 01/27/2008, -1/+67everyone else is selling drm free music and these guys are giving away music with drm. Can't we all just get along.
- Ghostalker, on 01/27/2008, -6/+71Hmmmm, Microsoft DRM; or the current solution.... I'll be fine thank you very much.
- lrdntwnd, on 01/27/2008, -3/+64This would be great if it weren't WMA... Microsoft's DRM is pretty terrible and will only work on "PlaysForSure" players. That's only like 25% of the MP3 Player market. So, I guess it's fine if you just want to listen to it on your PC (and only in Windows since the DRM doesn't work on Mac OSX or other 'NIX OSes). Now, if they fix that problem and get the files into FairPlay (I don't see Apple making that move) then it might be a better service. It sounds great in theory though....
- CiDaemon, on 01/27/2008, -7/+58Here's the catch: No one is going to use it.
It provides no advantage over currently established p2p systems. - Myonosken, on 01/27/2008, -4/+49If the music is free, fine DRM is the payoff - nothing comes for free legally. The only time DRM can be seen as such a terrible thing is when you've forked over money.
- ki11a2k, on 01/28/2008, -2/+36what they don't mention, but I read in a nytimes article http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/23/technology/23qtr ...
that the songs you download would get a limited play count- probably five.
that kills it for me. - falafelkiosken, on 01/28/2008, -1/+32ogg = good, mp3 = acceptable, wma = evil
- whathappened, on 01/27/2008, -2/+33Im fine with this. just wait for viodentia to crack it again and your sorted.
googledork: "FairUse4WM" - str1fe, on 01/27/2008, -1/+30DRM? Ew.
But, it's a start. - renegadeafk, on 01/27/2008, -1/+29they have to pay ms
- NerveBand, on 01/27/2008, -4/+32You have to admit, record companies are working hard to get a P2P model up. Even with DRM and sounding so restrictive and what not, its free.
You get what you pay for. And for all the cheap BS people get on Limewire, a little nifty P2P would never hurt anyone :). - scotchtapeman, on 01/27/2008, -1/+28Free music that I can't listen to. Where do I sign up!
- Dantetheinferno, on 01/27/2008, -3/+28Besides being legal.
Why is everyone so against this olive branch from the RIAA for free music? - Jibberwalk, on 01/27/2008, -1/+26Until they make it as easy and consumer-friendly as .tor, I'll continue to sail the seven seas on the SS Piracy.
- jockser, on 01/27/2008, -15/+39You think it's free? think again.
Don't download, don't support DRM. - ggnictee, on 01/28/2008, -1/+24Dear Music and Movie Guys,
I don't want free music/movies (well ok I do but I'm very willing to pay for music). What I want is to buy a song and be able to have it on my computer, ipod, iphone and the computer in the living room. I don't want to buy a song 4 times. That's dumb.
I don't want to buy a DRM. I don't believe I'm buying anything if you still control how it's used. That's a rental. If I wanted to rent it I would have. I wanted to own it, all by myself.
I think $.99 is too much for music that's over 20 years old. I can at least understand the justification for charging more for new releases, but there should be a $.50 price point.
While we're on the subject: digital versions of a movie shouldn't cost as much as the hard copy version. Especialy if they don't have all the 'bonus' features.
If a product is ready to be released: release it. Let me watch movies when and where I would like to watch them. If I go to the theater and see a movie I want to share with my family/friends I would rather stay home and watch it with them. If the movie isn't available to purchase people are going to A) skip it. or B) download it. But if I could buy it on my way out of the theater; I probably would. (Don't worry, we both know I'll buy the directer cut later.)
So here is my plea to you: I have money. I am more then willing to give it to you. But I need you to meet me in the middle. I watch commercials for free TV (or hulu (I actually really like hulu, if they'd update it every once in awhile and put the back catalog on there)) and I'm willing to put up with commercials for music: but I'm not putting any tracking system on my computer.
And before you say "but you can't make money selling something people can get for free" you'll have to tell me companies make billions every year selling bottled tap water.
I promise we'll buy your music and movies. You just have to give us a chance. I can't buy what's not there. - kaytrio, on 01/27/2008, -2/+24I agree no one's going to use it, but to be fair, there is an advantage; there's less chance of people getting sued if they use this.
- Link459, on 01/27/2008, -8/+28Screw that.
- bosssmiley, on 01/27/2008, -2/+21The RIAA are only offering an olive branch because they're on the ropes. A couple of years ago, before all the "student sued for $15 million", "granny sued for $x million" stories broke people *might* still have believed in their good intentions.
And to poison this peace offering further they stick a batch of delicious spyware^H^H^H^H^H^H^H DRM in your free downloads. No thank you. - lilricky, on 01/28/2008, -0/+18What part of NO SUBSCRIPTION didnt you understand? Or did you even check out the site?
- homesickalien, on 01/27/2008, -3/+21YAY! DRM Rocks! Come on everybody let's go get some!
- CasaMan, on 01/28/2008, -3/+20Free DRM Music or DRM Free Music... hmmmm...i'll pick the last..
- fef560, on 01/28/2008, -2/+18First off, transcoding lol
Second off, WMA is not that bad of a audio format. It's better then MP3 at least and its comparable to OGG and AAC. Don't hate it just because Microsoft's name is attached to it. - falafelkiosken, on 01/28/2008, -1/+17it's a trap
- 80hd, on 01/27/2008, -5/+21No iPod support = stillborn business model
- RapidFireGT, on 01/27/2008, -0/+16Yes, it is free, and it is legal. If you're a college student, use Ruckus, and then strip the licenses.
- mtekk, on 01/28/2008, -0/+15If you are using Itunes you are already locked into a 'proprietary' DRM format.
- Ouze, on 01/28/2008, -1/+15Dugg for bucking the ipod trend, sir.
- bdbr, on 01/28/2008, -5/+19So its not free, because...why, because you say its not?
- Snakedal337, on 01/28/2008, -0/+13Wahoo this will work great with my 512mb Coby MP3 player!!
- fef560, on 01/28/2008, -1/+13Well *****
- deadcrickets, on 01/27/2008, -4/+16Agreed. WMA is terrible. Whenever I get a copy of music in WMA I convert it to MP3. This way it can be used on my iPod.
- TheAmbushAhead, on 01/28/2008, -0/+12Umm...wow?
- roebeet, on 01/28/2008, -0/+12100% with you, on that - I can't believe the amount of negative comments on a service that 1) isn't replacing anything 2) isn't even available, yet and 3) is FREE. I'll wait until I've tried it, until I pass judgment on it.
- meez, on 01/28/2008, -3/+14You convert WMA to MP3.... That must sound awful. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcoding
- kcap122, on 01/28/2008, -0/+11orrrr you could just use Last.FM and get the tracks without DRM.
- DeFex, on 01/28/2008, -1/+12IF its good you can just re-record it analog out > analog in with good enough converters will cause less distortion than 256k MP3 compression.
anyways it will be funny if ISPs throttle this p2p and the RIAA says stop throttling p2p! - bdbr, on 01/28/2008, -0/+11Search around for old news...Microsoft did try to get Apple to implement PlaysForsure a long time ago; Apple refused. Apple also refused to license their DRM. Basically if you buy it online, they wanted to make sure you have only one choice. It was only when the threat from Amazon was in the works that Apple changed and suddenly became "anti-DRM".
- Karzyn, on 01/28/2008, -0/+10Indeed, and so long as the download rate isn't too bad (and Mac compatible) I'd use it over other P2P networks. Why? Because it sends revenue to the artists who I like without any input from me.
- fuzzmeister, on 01/27/2008, -0/+10Ahem... FairUse4WM anyone?
- consonance, on 01/28/2008, -0/+10This is a different Qtrax that was operating around 2006-2007. THAT Qtrax used the Gnutella network and heavily limited what you could download. All the songs also cost $1. This is completely different. No need to worry. Just look it up on Google if you don't believe me.
- oxdeltaxo, on 01/28/2008, -0/+9This is what I thought, just DL some stuff and search for the drm crack if one is available. Crack the drm and bobs your grandpa.
- joshzam, on 01/28/2008, -0/+9If this is true, how can this be considered anything but a massive deal-breaker?
BTW, can anyone offer a current source that says this will be a "5 play only" system? I'm very surprised Wired would neglect to mention that. - FacepalmJesus, on 01/28/2008, -1/+8DRM? Fail.
- tba2287, on 01/28/2008, -3/+9It's the DRM.
Personally I think that a legal p2p music service would be great, but DRM will just cripple it. A better solution would be to offer a surcharge at the ISP level. That way, you could download to your heart's content, whether you use iTunes or Bit Torrent. - joshzam, on 01/28/2008, -0/+7That NYTimes article is from last April. Is it possible their plan/business model has changed in the last nine months?
- Myonosken, on 01/28/2008, -1/+8uuiU
- TheRemoteViewer, on 01/27/2008, -6/+12No thanks.
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