Boycotting RIAA, or changing your habits?
There have been a lot of attempts at boycotting the RIAA, and their DRM protected music. No previous attempts at striking the Royal House of Music
have succeeded. So I purpose doing something that will, with a little fate and determination from your own side, succeed.
Change your own habits, and stop consuming RIAA music. Instead by an album or two from Magnatune - full retail disk-quality music in FLAC format (other formats, and MP3 available), or if you are tuned in to more popular culture music eMusic - 240 kbps in MP3 format.
By supporting more open alternates to the DRM circle of iTunes, Yahoo! Music, Rhapsody, you send the RIAA a message they will understand. As well as supporting the alternates economically.
Magnatune - from 5 USD - 18 USD per album (you decide how much you are willing to pay!)
eMusic - from 0.33 USD per track via subscription
Go to their websites and have a look at or listen to their catalogues. The change starts with you!
Copyright © 2007 Daniel Aleksandersen 2007-04-11 at 08:04
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6 comments
i love magnatune.
But the link is linking to magantune.com, and that is not good.
Comment by Christoffer Lindblom (Subscribed) at 2007-04-11 @871.
Thanks for noticing, Christoffer! I corrected the link to Magnatune, and it should be working fine. Good to hear you are using Magnatune for purchasing digital music too!
Comment by Daniel Aleksandersen at 2007-04-12 @998.
I'm one of those morons that still buys the CDs when they hit the shops. I have still not bought a song on from an online provider. I guess, even though I embrace technology, I haven't found a service I do like. Seems like things are about to change with these great recommendations!
Comment by Kent Vegard Evjen (Subscribed) at 2007-04-12 @256.
You do know that Apple and iTunes are removing the DRM on 2,5 million songs, featured by the record label EMI.
DRM free music is in 256Kbps, and cost $1,29 per song (still $10 per album).
Users who previously purchased DRM-music from EMI can upgrade for $0.30 (the exact difference in price).
I am certain the rest of the labels will follow EMIs example, and thus, we will have better quality, DRM free music from the iTunes Store - and the rest will follow.
Comment by Magnus Damli (Subscribed) at 2007-04-12 @637.
One catch Magnus: iTunes is still proprietary, and not available on all platforms.
Comment by Daniel Aleksandersen at 2007-04-12 @900.
True, but that has nothing to do with DRM.
I think it doesn't support Linux simply due to mrket share, and a decision made by the Apple marketing team - Apples customers are primarily Windows and Macintosh users; the consumers.
As such, they develop software and platform support to the largest portions of the market.
Although the ordinary consumer might be using Linux as he uses Windows, the majority of Linux-users are dead set on Open Source, thus would not use iTunes because it is a closed software, not purchase iPod because of their values and look on DRM and iTunes.
In other words, developing an iTunes Store for the Linux platform is a waste of time and money.
It simply has to do with marketing.
Regardless, I think and hope that Open Source and anti-DRM-people, will welcome this change from Apple.
However, I'm certain most will disregard it and find some sort of "flaw" they'll fix their eyes on and blow out of proportion.
Actually, pretty much as you did right now
Comment by Magnus Damli (Subscribed) at 2007-04-29 @469.
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