Message Forum: Re: Intellectual Properties and the Theft Thereof

Re: Intellectual Properties and the Theft Thereof

Posted By: Stephen, on host 192.212.253.17
Date: Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 08:00:30
In Reply To: Re: Intellectual Properties and the Theft Thereof posted by wintermute on Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 02:29:45:

> I was recently intruduced to eMusic, who offer a flat-rate subscription ($10/month) for an unlimitied number of downloads. Their catalogue isn't great and licencing issues mean that music belonging to certain labels can't be downloaded outside of the US, but it seems to be a step in the right direction.
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> winter"used the free trial and unsubscribed. Is that ethical?"mute

Doesn't sound too bad. I really want something like the Apple iTunes Store -- $0.99 a song, big catalogue and practically no "digital rights" crap built in. You can burn their stuff to CD or transfer to a portable player all you'd like. There are certain services emerging, such as CDBaby.com, that promise to help get unsigned acts onto iTunes Store. That could be really cool.

A subscription model is also a neat idea. $10 a month certainly isn't a bad price, but it seems a little cheap to get the big labels to go for it right now.

Stephen

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Re: Intellectual Properties and the Theft Thereof - wintermute - Thu, 7/31/2003, 08:56:35

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Message:	> > I was recently intruduced to eMusic, who offer a flat-rate subscription ($10/month) for an unlimitied number of downloads. Their catalogue isn't great and licencing issues mean that music belonging to certain labels can't be downloaded outside of the US, but it seems to be a step in the right direction. > > > > winter"used the free trial and unsubscribed. Is that ethical?"mute > > Doesn't sound too bad. I really want something like the Apple iTunes Store -- $0.99 a song, big catalogue and practically no "digital rights" crap built in. You can burn their stuff to CD or transfer to a portable player all you'd like. There are certain services emerging, such as CDBaby.com, that promise to help get unsigned acts onto iTunes Store. That could be really cool. > > A subscription model is also a neat idea. $10 a month certainly isn't a bad price, but it seems a little cheap to get the big labels to go for it right now. > > Stephen
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