Rhapsody will sell MP3s in a new digital download store launched Monday for U.S. consumers, an offering that will pose fresh competition to Apple's highly successful iTunes Music Store. The songs will not have DRM (Digital Rights Management) technology, which puts restrictions on how music can be transferred between devices and PCs, and will be compatible with Apple's iPod line.Music will come from most of the major record labels, which have increasingly moved to offer tracks without DRM in order to boost the attractiveness of buying music online. Rhapsody, which is owned by RealNetworks, will match Apple's pricing: US$.99 per song, or $9.99 per album.
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Oh, wait...
They can stick it, as far as I'm concerned.
They can stick it, as far as I'm concerned.
http://mp3.rhapsody.com/home.html
http://mp3.rhapsody.com/home.html
Though I can always be swayed with a little bribery. I'm so shallow, lol
EDIT: Valid email address and credit card required for account set up
Obviously, it was going to be that way, but I'll still pass.
So it's not actualy free, more like buy-one-get-one-free.
Why am I not surpirsed.
Screw Real Networks. They suck.
I guess I'll keep using my P2P store, it doesn't give a damn where I live.
I guess I'll keep using my P2P store, it doesn't give a damn where I live.
Hehe; nice.
Digital music is for the lazy.
Also, I use Amazon for my music because I get the choice of downloading it from their site without using an application like iTunes or I can install a small file downloader from amazon for multiple files. So I dont need iTunes.
Last edited by Doli on 30 Jun 2008 - 17:38
Digital music is for the lazy.
Stop buying CDs, then. CDDA = Compact Disc Digital Audio
And I do care about DRM free music, I'd like to be able to play music on my stereo, and my stereo doesn't run Windows or OS X (but does play AAC).
As the CONSUMER, I paid for the right to hear this song...period. I'll be damned if I let anyone tell me that any given playback device is more or less legal as part of some arbitrary studio monopoly-based corporate ****ing contest.
Amazon has a large selection of music, not as big as iTunes but most new songs will be on Amazon and iTunes around the same time.
Amazon has a large selection of music, not as big as iTunes but most new songs will be on Amazon and iTunes around the same time.
Not anymore. iTunes Plus tracks are now USD $.99 per song / $9.99 per album. Transcode them to mp3 if you like. People will say you will lose some quality but 256kbps AAC files are equivalent to 320kbps mp3 files so I highly doubt you'd hear any loss yourself. Like I said, not much of a reason to start using Rhapsody.
A lot of the cheap stuff doesn't support AAC though.
Last edited by The_Decryptor on 01 Jul 2008 - 13:43
2) I don't want lossy, I want lossless, preferably in flac (or even just plain old wav zipped).
2) Lossless is definitely welcomed by me as well. I wouldn't think twice of buying a digital album instead of the CD for sure.
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