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The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 4 January, 2008
Okay, so the title may not be completely true, but the era of DRM-crippled music continues to fade, especially after today's announcement that Sony BMG has dropped DRM.
The label had been the last holdout of the Big 4, and it now joins EMI, Universal and Warner in offering its music catalog DRM-free and in MP3 format.
The first DRM-free tracks will be likely appearing at the end of ... [ read the full article ]
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SamNz
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4. January 2008 @ 21:32 |
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they finally gave up.
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pstamer
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4. January 2008 @ 21:38 |
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How sweet it is.
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4. January 2008 @ 21:51 |
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Now all they have to do is stop overcharging for individual songs and offer downloads in a lossless format and maybe I'll think about paying for music again.
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4. January 2008 @ 22:01 |
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Originally posted by nonoitall:
Now all they have to do is stop overcharging for individual songs and offer downloads in a lossless format and maybe I'll think about paying for music again.
agree
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4. January 2008 @ 22:10 |
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finally they see the light
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4. January 2008 @ 22:46 |
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now they need to stop water marking digital music.
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4. January 2008 @ 23:14 |
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Once it is official, we'll see a golden age of music buying and they'll kick themselves for being so damned stupid as to have listened to lawyers.
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4. January 2008 @ 23:50 |
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Wow, it's kinda hard to believe the rootkit releasing Sony is dropping DRM. At least they finally got smart and dropped it though.
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4. January 2008 @ 23:51 |
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niceeeee
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M4DHATT3R
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5. January 2008 @ 00:18 |
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Originally posted by mspurloc:
Once it is official, we'll see a golden age of music buying and they'll kick themselves for being so damned stupid as to have listened to lawyers.
I wouldn't be so quick to jump the gun on that b/c a lot of the masses who aren't so computer literate really have no clue as to what DRM is and how it affects them. In my little click of friends I'm usually the one they go to when they have a computer/electronic issue or what not and they have no clue that mp3's they buy off of iTunes (for example) are DRM restricted. But either way this is a right step in the direction of who mp3's should be so finally I give a node to Sony.
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camaro17
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5. January 2008 @ 00:29 |
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Originally posted by nonoitall:
Now all they have to do is stop overcharging for individual songs and offer downloads in a lossless format and maybe I'll think about paying for music again.
uh, i pay for all my music, i like to support my artists, and the studios that allow them to record the music.
Peace
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5. January 2008 @ 00:36 |
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Most of the music I like is public domain. :P
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nobrainer
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5. January 2008 @ 02:53 |
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Originally posted by WierdName:
Wow, it's kinda hard to believe the rootkit releasing Sony is dropping DRM. At least they finally got smart and dropped it though.
only from music as they still make secuROM ect.
now what needs to happen is the end of HDMI HDCP and Drm-Ray BD+ and price fixing region coding!
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 5. January 2008 @ 02:53
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ali2007
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5. January 2008 @ 06:31 |
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victory finally , by the way sony what took you so long
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Amir89
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5. January 2008 @ 07:01 |
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jove
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5. January 2008 @ 07:51 |
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i dont know what yall complaining about. just go to limewire and get your tracks and shut up. put it on your ipod or burn em to a cd and thats it!
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5. January 2008 @ 09:08 |
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It's not even about time. It's way past time for DRM to dwindle, fade, and become a bad memory.
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5. January 2008 @ 09:21 |
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If DRM is fading away every so slightly. You gotta ask what is next. They will never gave up on this copy protection act that has this major media/record companies undies wedged in their crack. These companies have new fools every day trying to make a name for them selves and company with new ways to screw the general public. The day they truly give up is when we see all cd/dvd across the board being sold for $3 - $8 a pop making it easier to buy and support your favorite artist.
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jove
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5. January 2008 @ 09:31 |
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Originally posted by spydah:
If DRM is fading away every so slightly. You gotta ask what is next. They will never gave up on this copy protection act that has this major media/record companies undies wedged in their crack. These companies have new fools every day trying to make a name for them selves and company with new ways to screw the general public. The day they truly give up is when we see all cd/dvd across the board being sold for $3 - $8 a pop making it easier to buy and support your favorite artist.
they probably thinking of CD+ hahahaha....:D
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Sazaziel
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5. January 2008 @ 11:09 |
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This isn't anything I would be happy to call a victory at the moment. It's nothing more than a strategic chess game with the general public. If the general public as a whole would be considered the king and queen then companies like the Big 4 are set out to cause a distraction to public interest. I would believe that this is one of those distractions and they did nothing more then move their pawn. If we pay attention to some people in the forum who have already called this some kind of victory then we have just fallen to the distraction. We have Sony vs. Toshiba in the Blu Ray vs HD DVD in the format wars and for some strange reason a whole lot of the general public supports Sony and its Blu Ray technology but does not support Sony and what it stands for with the RIAA and the MPAA etc. Next we have Warner who agress to sell non DRM music but announces that by the end of 2008 they will only support the Blu Ray format of movies with Sony. Has anybody paid any attention to this. Can't wait to see whats up their sleeves next.
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Amir89
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5. January 2008 @ 14:35 |
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jove:
Don't mean to be rude but LimeWire?
What are you 14 years old?
Fk LimeWire.. that doesn't even work half the time, and the other half it's loaded with Spyware and Viruses.
Even most of the decent Torrent sites are disappearing too, thanks to idiots like the RIAA and their lawsuit frenzy.
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tester22
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5. January 2008 @ 14:41 |
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Originally posted by nonoitall:
Now all they have to do is stop overcharging for individual songs and offer downloads in a lossless format and maybe I'll think about paying for music again.
"Lossless format" is not mp3. In fact, lossless is PCM (or the like) which is like a .wav file and is far too large in size for practical distribution so keep hoping. No one is going to mass distribute songs that are 40+ megs.
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5. January 2008 @ 15:25 |
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Originally posted by mspurloc:
Once it is official, we'll see a golden age of music buying and they'll kick themselves for being so damned stupid as to have listened to lawyers.
In my little click of friends I'm usually the one they go to when they have a computer/electronic issue or what not and they have no clue that mp3's they buy off of iTunes (for example) are DRM restricted. But either way this is a right step in the direction of who mp3's should be so finally I give a node to Sony.
Actually, if you could buy MP3s from iTunes, I'd be a happy man.
They have started their iTunes Plus program though, which is another step in that right direction.
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6. January 2008 @ 00:45 |
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I agree, MP3's are ****... I'd prefer to pay for WMA or AAC files, at least. Lossless is never going to happen, as pointed out here.
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6. January 2008 @ 21:56 |
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step in the right direction for the industry, but they'll probably never take back the market like they want. eventually most of the public will figure out what most of the file-sharing community already knows.
@camaro17
the "artists" the big 4 push onto the market may as well already be filthy rich before their first single drops. by the time their cd hits circuit city they have the money to never work (outside of their recording contract) again. their music's spot on the airwaves has already been paid for and the true musician simply trying to make a living has nowhere to get Real exposure.
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