Digital music restrictions suck

[kmshroom]

i really can't stand all the restrictions the music from sites like buymusic.com and such have. and the thing is, EACH song has a DIFFERENT set of restrictions. >_<.

but here's the iTunes scoop:

"Jobs secured uniform licensing deals from all the record companies that allow all iTunes songs to be burned onto CD an unlimited amount of times, save for a restriction for making multiple CDs with the exact song lists. All songs on iTunes can also be transferred to up to three different computers and to the iPod, a portable digital music player."

as much as i despise all things Apple, i can't wait til iTunes.com is available for PC. only then will i buy songs over the internet.

[kmshroom]

also, i can't stand the Windows Media Audio (WMA) format.

[soundsurfr]

I'm with ya on that... [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

[WorldOfWiz]

how bad is Windows audio format? I know a new PC based service just came out using that format.

Wiz

[Rabidium]

2.8% market share.

Yep. Really taking over.

-Olaf

[da BaSsTaRd!]

Originally posted by Michael Cottrell:
The Apple corporation is slowly taking over all entertainment technology and it is creeping into your PeeCee!!

Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaha!!!

Do Not Resist... You will be assimilated.

Get used to it. [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">i hope they do. its the only service that's even remotely considered "reasonable" with respect to pricing and usage. God bless them. hope they take over the entire music market...

[kmshroom]

Originally posted by da BaSsTaRd!:
i hope they do. its the only service that's even remotely considered "reasonable" with respect to pricing and usage. God bless them. hope they take over the entire music market...

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">okay, now wait a minute, their Powerbook/Powermac lines are not necessarily so incredibly "reasonable" in pricing.

[WorldOfWiz]

yes they are if you compare the specs of the systems.

Anyway the www.buymusic.com is following the footsteps of Apple's iMusic.

But how does wma sound?

Wiz

[La Flange]

WMA is an MPEG-4 derivative, which I find better at low bitrates (but still intolerable) and no better at high bitrates (256+) than MP3.

[kmshroom]

Originally posted by WorldOfWiz:
Anyway the www.buymusic.com is following the footsteps of Apple's iMusic.

But how does wma sound?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Apple's format for the files on iTunes.com sound better than WMA.

buymusic.com is so much worse than uTunes.com, because of the really ridiculous restrictions (that also vary for each song!) that i allude to at the top of this topic.