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Re: (TV) FLASH LIGHT to be available... digitally?
I've yet to purchase musically digitally. I don't have anything against
doing so; I just mostly listen to CDs.
I am curious though: when purchasing a song for download, do most services
offer non-lossy formats (e.g. WAV or FLAC) in addition to MP3?
-A
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Phil Obbard <pobbard@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Right on.
>
> FWIW, Amazon has never used DRM, and their MP3s are a respectable 256kbps.
> I buy tracks from there from time to time. For example, they have all of
> Bowie's 80s singles digitized. Spending $0.99 for a remix of some semi-hit
> is a pretty fair deal.
>
> They've also got things like the Dream Syndicate's MEDICINE SHOW for $10
> (entire album), a much better deal than hunting down a used CD copy for $95.
>
> --Phil
>
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> ________________________________
> From: Joe Hartley <jh@brainiac.com>
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 11:04:18 AM
> Subject: Re: (TV) FLASH LIGHT to be available... digitally?
>
> On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:45:17 -0800 (PST)
> Phil Obbard <pobbard@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > the first time. Gary
> > Numan, the Police"s Stewart Copeland, Television"s Tom Verlaine, Wall
> > of Voodoo, Timbuk 3, Concrete Blonde and many more artists are
> > slated to have their I.R.S. recordings released DRM-free.
> > . . .
> > But the really big news is that the digital world
> > will finally, legally, be able to download the dB"s influential first
> > two albums, Stands For Decibels and Repurcussion, as well as their
> > fourth album Sound of Music.
>
> Great Googly-Moogly.... This is what it's going to take to get me
> to buy music digitally. I have not gone that route before because:
> 1) Selection was mediocre at best - I know the industry is more focused
> on trying to get people to buy the new Britney drek, but I'm just not
> interested
> 2) I refuse to buy DRM-protected recordings, first because most of the
> DRM schemes don't work under Linux (I've been Windows-free for years)
> and I don't want to be beholden to the whims of the companies in
> supporting the format (Google "microsoft stops plays-for-sure" for
> a perfect example).
>
> This announcement is going to get me to SPEND MONEY ON MUSIC. See,
> RIAA? That's all it took - good selection without your paranoid
> schemes that assume I'm a criminal even before I've purchased your
> product.
>
> --
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> Joe Hartley - UNIX/network Consultant - jh@brainiac.com
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