I don't think DRM is used in eMusic. What you get is
what you keep without any restrictions. I use this
service.
Sincerely,
Fred
--- Karajabola <karajabola@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 196 lines Just for clarification, which of these services use> Just for clarification, which of these services use
> DRM or other protection?
>
> Bleep - NO
> Kompakt - ?
> Beatport - ?
> Audiobulb - ?
> iTunes - YES
> eMusic - YES?
> Napster - YES
> Rapsody - YES?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David @ Audiobulb" <dwnewman@clara.co.uk>
> Cc: <idm@hyperreal.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 4:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [idm] idm] People who still pay for
> music shout-out...
>
>
> > Audiobulb Records has its work out in digital
> shops and yes iTunes,
> > eMusic, Napster and RealNetworks/Rhapsody seems to
> be where the action is
> > in terms of sales. There is definately a sense
> that this is agrowth area
> > and whilst CD sales drop off from some - digital
> sales are picking up. The
> > eMusic deal seems like a good one.
> >
> > Which of these digital outlets do people find
> easiest or most useful to
> > use?
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <Brian.Power@cso.ie>
> > To: "Zach Hoon" <sorted@saturn5.com>
> > Cc: <idm@hyperreal.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 10:04 AM
> > Subject: [idm] idm] People who still pay for music
> shout-out...
> >
> >
> >> Sure yeah, bleep has got lots to commend it by
> virtue of the fact that it
> >> don't have no DRM, and it's swift and
> straightforward to purchase once
> >> your
> >> account is set up... only little quibble I'd have
> is that they don't
> >> encode
> >> their mp3's at a higher bitrate - LAME alt-preset
> standard bitrate of 192
> >> vbr is pretty good, but there are others offering
> less compressed
> >> audio...
> >>
> >> Both kompakt and beatport offer tracks at an
> (almost) standard 320 kbps
> >> across the board... granted you're probably not
> going to pick up quite as
> >> many "IDM/electronica" artists on these sites,
> their marketplace being
> >> moreso the club (whichever "house/techno" genre)
> sounds favoured by the
> >> four to the floor fraternity...
> >>
> >> Otherwise, as I've said before, a subscription
> with emusic is a pretty
> >> economical means of picking up a fair bit of a
> mix of allsorts of
> >> indepenently released musics, generally encoded
> at alt-preset-standard
> >> LAME, and with a surprising amount of quality
> sounds on tap. A 90 tracks
> >> monthly subscription costs little more than the
> price of a single album
> >> on
> >> CD...
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> |---------+---------------------------->
> >> | | Zach Hoon |
> >> | | <sorted@saturn5.c|
> >> | | om> |
> >> | | |
> >> | | 28/03/2006 21:35 |
> >> | | |
> >> |---------+---------------------------->
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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> >> | |
> >> | To: idm@hyperreal.org |
> >> | cc: |
> >> | Subject: [Possible Spam] Re: [idm]
> People who still pay for
> >> music shout-out...
> |
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> i just want to take this moment to say hooray for
> bleep.com.
> >>
> >> i used to download all sorts of stuff, but i got
> sick of the crap
> >> quality and queues and all that. now i just use
> bleep. they have nearly
> >> everything i'm looking for, be it idm, weird ass
> stuff, indie,
> >> downtempo, etc, and they've turned me on to all
> sorts of music i might
> >> never have heard of.
> >>
> >> i'm sick of the space all the vinyl and cds take
> up. once the conversion
> >> to digital format is complete, i will sell it all
> off to make room for
> >> more books (and when they come up with a suitable
> digital format for
> >> books, bye bye hard copies!). sound quality
> schmound quality, 10 years
> >> of djing has made me deaf enough not to notice.
> drive failure? dvd
> >> backups. cover art and liner notes? bah, most of
> it sucks these days.
> >>
> >> bleep has become my onestop shop. anyone have any
> other music sites
> >> they'd care to recommend? itunes and their drm
> can suck it. i don't
> >> share files, but i don't want to have to
> 'authorize' every damn device i
> >> play my tracks on (i use a lot of different
> devices).
> >>
> >> wow this kinda turned into a rant, didn't it?
> crazy.
> >>
> >> music: i like wisp's 'nthndr'. nothing
> groundbreaking, but nice tunes.
> >> 'congratulations' is often repeated. i also want
> more from s.t.
> >> 'emotions in a box' ep is grand, and i like the
> 'i'll meet you there'
> >> ep...how about a full album?
> >>
> >> k, i'm done.
> >>
> >> -z
> >>
> >>
> >> chthonic streams wrote:
> >>>>> I hope the idea of rewarding
> >>>>> artists financially if you value their music
> hasn't gone completely
> >>>>> out of style.
> >>>>>
> >>>> Agreed. The reason I sell on eBay is to buy
> more.
> >>>> It is not now, nor never has been a
> money-making proposition for me -
> >>>> it's more of an addiction than anything.
> >>>
> >>> ditto. i make music but that doesn't mean i
> stopped listening or caring
> >>> about other artists, or that i always just want
> to trade with them ot
> >>> just download. mp3s just make me want to buy
> the release if the music
> >>> is good.
> >>>
> >>> case in point, when some depeche mode single
> remixes came out recently i
> >>> checked out the remixers' work and ended up
> ordering a metope album and
> >>> an areal records comp. also got judith
> juillerat's debut on
> >>> shitkatapult, good stuff!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> d.
> >>>
> >>>
>
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