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Buy.Com Debuts Music Download Site

Posted by michael on from the what-are-you-paying-for,-exactly? dept.

elucidus writes "Buy.com on Tuesday launched a new digital music download service -- the site, BuyMusic.com, offers a catalog of more than 300,000 songs. The site only loads in Internet Explorer and all the files are Windows Media 9 formatted with DRM. No word yet on whether the public announcement of a supposed gaping hole in Windows Media DRM caused any concern before the launch. Compatible players include the Nomad IIc 9 and Creative's Jukebox Zen."

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  1. Microsoft centric... by _PimpDaddy7_ · · Score: 5, Flamebait

    the site only loads in Internet Explorer and all the files are Windows Media 9 formatted with DRM.

    No thanks, I'll stick with my iMac and iTunes store, thanks...

  2. thats insightfull? by geekoid · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    1) you can buy anything they'll be selling through this service onnline.

    2) CD's are not obsolete, however, if they where what does that have to do with this? if you can download the music, then you could rip it from the CD

    3) again, go online and look. here's one, use the damn phone. call used music stores. hell, they would probably ship it to you and it would still be cheaper then 16 bucks.

    4) SOme new CD's are, but that will be temporary. too many people heve the expectation that it will work in there computer. There will be backlash when those millions of peple who bought a computer oinstead of a stero can't use it to play music.

    5) once you have rilloped the music from the CD, you can mix it.

    You're whining for no good reason.

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