Comments on: Amazon Completes DRM-Free Roster With Sony-BMG

By: MGZ

MGZ — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:30:03 +0000

Well… since I’m responding to year-old comments…

Yes, Apple was the one that made the headway here, because he was the one wielding the 800 lb gorilla – iTMS. A lot of people believe(d) that iTunes was Apple’s way of locking people into iPods, and they’d never dump DRM.

Jobs wrote this letter and basically said, “What the fuck do you know?”

By: MGZ

MGZ — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:27:31 +0000

I just noticed this comment in a backlink.

Let me check in iTunes… just a sec…

I have over 1250 songs purchased from iTunes. Most were purchased as complete albums or even complete box sets.

What was your point?

Anyway, they’re now (almost) all upgraded to iTunes Plus. Can’t wait until the end of the quarter for the rest.

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Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:34:26 +0000

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Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:37:31 +0000

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By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:52:29 +0000

Jon (#12) – why are you bothered with the tracing? Of course they’re still going to protect their property. The point of this move isn’t to make it easier for you to put music on your blog for download; it’s to make it easier for you to port music for which you have a valid license.

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By: c-bot

c-bot — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:32:18 +0000

One thing that needs to be re-educated (if it can) to the masses is this “take, take, take” philosophy. We haven’t been paying the real price of anything for years. From a physical or ethical standpoint. Something has got to give. Even if prices are distorted by the distributors/record labels “cut” we are not paying the real price.

By: Martin Morgan

Martin Morgan — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:09:37 +0000

Give it away for free! what a moronic statement.
so all the musicians in the world are expected to produce their lifes work for you freeloaders to steal?
Thats one of the main problem with todays society getting everything for nothing in return and ultimately knowing the value of nothing.

By: Timothy

Timothy — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:26:33 +0000

I like , I like very much . A step in the right direction but will fail in the end.

Just see the light and give it away for free ??

———-
http://www.xencasino.com

By: Michael Pate

Michael Pate — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:47:14 +0000

I noticed that none of the artists from Sony BMG-distributed Wind-Up Records like Seether, Creed, and Evanescence are available yet, although Seether seems to indicating they are coming soon.

By: fernando

fernando — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:10:28 +0000

Michael A.

I’ve purchased 352 DRM songs from iTunes. Yeah, exactly: 352 songs. So far I’ve purchased 15 non-DRM tracks: 10 from iTunes and 5 from Amazon. Aside from price on only 3 tracks from Amazon, I’ve seen not lessening of my enjoyment of DRM tracks compared to non-DRM tracks. Your snide comment to MGZ makes no sense in relation to this article.

By: TechConsumer

TechConsumer — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:51:19 +0000

DRM Officially Dead for Music: Amazon Now Offers DRM-Free Tracks from All Four Major Labels…

Just a few days after our coverage of DRM-free music options for 2008 comes news of Sony BMG now offering its music on Amazon restriction-free. Sony BMG represents artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Santana, and Justin Timberlake. And thi…

By: Bob Caswell

Bob Caswell — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:53:37 +0000

Full press release from Amazon here:

http://www.tech...r-major-labels/

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:03:07 +0000

Don’t confuse DRM-free music with anonymity, each track purchased that is DRM-free music contains code leading back to the source – meaning if you share your music online that has been purchased legally, they can track it back to YOU to pursuit a case against you. This is the only reason why these guys are “signing-on” to this idea.

Jon
http://buzvia.com – Share Influence

By: Digital Tech News - Digital Technology

Digital Tech News - Digital Technology — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:53:29 +0000

DRM-free MP3s from SONY BMG Available at Amazon MP3 Download Service…

After announcing that DRM-free MP3 music from Warner Music Group would be added to Amazon.com’s Amazon MP3 download service last month, SONY BMG has now joined the party. Some 200,000 DRM-free MP3 tracks from SONY BMG will be available to…

By: zxspectrum

zxspectrum — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:49:21 +0000

@ Danny + Howard

70-80% market share gets you credit…(just please don’t make this an apple fanboys vs. the rest of the nerds fight)

btw – i was under the impression tht eMusic does subscriptions only?

By: Murmillo

Murmillo — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:41:37 +0000

Wow, this article is so low, I actually had to scroll up to see that I’m not on Engadget.

Nothing about the Amazon offer is cool. Nothing is free. Evrything on AmazonMP3 is about getting the RIAA back in control over the marketplace so they can throw the next evil little plan at us.

A few of the commentators got it right: Why not outside the US? Why not on eMusic?

By: Larry Larrikin

Larry Larrikin — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:39:02 +0000

Hopefully Amazon will keep track of what you buy and allow you to re-download if you lose something. There’s definitely room to improve on Apple’s customer service. And it’s only the Leotards who think Jobs really wants DRM — he’d rather have customer lock-in.