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Originally Posted by photon
I agree, the process is too difficult and their restrictions too tight.
Use allofmp3 if you want to pay, then you can get unDRMed files in the quality you want.
Some thoughts on how DRM might fall this year:
http://www.wired.com/news/columns/1,72412-0.html |
Interesting, but I'm highly sceptical that music labels are just going to roll over and allow non-DRMed music (watermarked or not).
Personally I think it is going to take more artists to take control and start marketing their own DRM-free offerings (like the BareNaked Ladies do). If a few artists can prove that the labels are no longer needed for distribution then the big labels may be forced to start accepting alternative marketing streams. Otherwise they will continue pushing for more restrictive controls (like the DMCA in the US) and lawsuits.
Getting back to the OP, I'm just surprised I haven't heard more from people who have similar issues with music purchased from iTunes et al. I figured that at least a few people who purchased hundreds of songs would have suffered a disk crash or accidental erasure and be totally POed that their music was gone.