Re: (TV) FLASH LIGHT to be available... digitally?

[Russ <russvr@gmail.com>]

I suspect on , for instance, Apple iTunes, they'd offer them in Apple format
(forget the extension) which is neither wav or flac. I can't imagine anyone
would offer in *.wav format because the file size would be too big. MP3 is
still the default format even if it lossy.


On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:10 AM, andy fekete <andy.fekete@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > 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.
> >
> > --
> > ======================================================================
> >       Joe Hartley - UNIX/network Consultant - jh@brainiac.com
> > Without deviation from the norm, "progress" is not possible. - FZappa
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