Re: DRM and licence trouble with WMP10

On Feb 6, 4:35 pm, "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <n...@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 07:35:02 -0800, kondilemma

<kondile...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I didn't consider that the legal route for aquiring music files would be the
more difficult road--at least with WMP. I will have to rethink my entire
music storage method--time to give iTunes a try. Does that format suffer
from similar problems?

Yes, all DRM is going to cause similar compatibility problems and
compromise your fair use rights to listen to your music in a way which
suits you.

Apple's "fairplay" is not licensed to anybody (currently). WMA's DRM
is but it's still a limited device culture, although not a monoculter
which is what Fairplay is at present.

Zune will only play with Zunes DRM and not other types.

In addition, consider that music downloads although fair to good
quality, are compressed files. You may want to actually have access to
lossless audio using WMA Pro lossless or FLAC. In that case you really
need access to the original source (CD or DVD audio) to get lossless
files.

Doesn't this just encourage the average user (like me) to use KaZaa and the
like? At least I can get the damn tracks to play--not just taunt me from a
playlist!

AllOfMP3is licensed in Russia to sell MP3's, so that might be worth a
look to stay this side of legality ;-)

ummm, how is AllOfMP3 a legit service? No really, I've heard
everybody describe it as a great slam back at the music industry, but
they're nothing more than an oversized bank of media files that people
could get for free using ostensibly ilicit means (file-share) that are
otherwise comparably legal.

.

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