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New Online Music Push by EMI

Posted by timothy on from the joining-em-after-failure-to-beat dept.

akadruid writes "EMI has signed deals with 20 top European websites to sell its music online. According to Reuters, 'Consumers will be able to make permanent copies of songs and transfer them to recordable CDs, portable music players and their computer hard drives'. This represents a major shift in policy by EMI, who previously went to great lengths to protect their music from copying. Does this mark the beginning of a major change in the music industry?"

7 of 324 comments (clear)

  1. OGG or NOTHING! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Unless it's Free as in Free as in No Patents, No Nothing, I ain't buying! POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

  2. Re:Objectivity is journalism makes me happy by Darth+Troll · · Score: 4, Funny
    have brought the music industry to its knees
    Yes, the music industry is on their knees but what they're doing down there is reaming the consumers' (and artists') cornholes.
  3. No! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    An EMI representative has just released this statement: "Whoops, our bad. That was really a joke e-mail, you know, one of those 'this will never happen because it's so ha-ha funny' emails. No, we still embrace the 'you are thieves, not customers' philosophy."

  4. ONLINE MUSIC SOON? TRY "NOW" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    http://btplusplus.sourceforge.net/ (Bittorrent)

    http://doa2.host.sk/ (Kazaa lite)

    http://www.gnucleus.com/ (Open P2P)

    http://www.overnet.com/ (Nice too!)

    http://www.gnutellanews.com/ (News on P2P)

    Enjoy!

  5. Re:not MP3's.. by $carab · · Score: 4, Funny

    Have you ever bought a MS O/S?

    Wait...you mean like....purchase something digital?

    Fuck that. Gimme Kazaa Lite and IRC any day.

  6. Re:What I want... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    "What I want is a music service charging between 10-50p for each song I download."
    • While we're making up imaginary monetary values, I want every song for 6-9q.

    • Slashdot may be globally accessible, but the rest of the world has no clue what a 'p' is.

  7. Re:Rebirth.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Don't like any of those....just a few of the "dance" tracks (think: In Da Club - by 50 cent).

    I'm very keen to get the opinion of a TOTAL audiophile such as yourself...

    What exactly is it about "In Da Club" that you enjoy? Is it the insightful, thought-provoking lyrics? Their expressive, passionate delivery? Or maybe the innovative and challenging music?

    It sure is nice to hear from those who truly appreciate fine art, and not just from people who blindly accept whatever crap they hear endlessly on the radio and MTV.