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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."

12 of 610 comments (clear)

  1. help by flynt · · Score: 4, Funny

    Could someone please post the story? I've been around here way to long to even begin thinking of clicking on a link with "gaping hole" in the text!

  2. Flat rate??? by MySpleenHurts · · Score: 4, Funny

    What if you download a 50 cents song????

  3. Kinda like apple? by mekkab · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't worry, we'll set up a linux only site featuring RMS' greatest hits! Infact, We'll pay you to download 'em!

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  4. won't get slashdotted - IE only by aknodle · · Score: 5, Funny

    Guess that's one way to make sure that the site will stay up.

  5. Next weeks headline- by Unknown+Poltroon · · Score: 5, Funny

    "new crappy crippled music site fails due to complete lack of interest from consumers. RIAA blames Joey Smith, age 12, for sharing 9 files with his sister. Joey denies allegation, and says hes only got 12.50, and can't afford the 300,000 lawsuit."

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  6. Re:not all music is .79cent by Trigun · · Score: 5, Funny

    William Shatner sings the Beatles.

    And it's way overpriced. Even for an entire album.

  7. Top 100 Pop/Rock by AgentStarks · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does it scare anyone else that the top 12 songs out of the top 100 in the Pop/Rock category are all off of Cher's "Very Best of Cher" CD?

  8. Re:Microsoft centric... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    No thanks, I'll stick with my win2k and kazaa/winmx, thanks...

  9. Re:Microsoft centric... by an_mo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Here is the link to complain. Unfortunately you'll have to load up IE on win to use it.

    http://www.buymusic.com/support/email.aspx

  10. Re:not all music is .79cent by Skynyrd · · Score: 5, Funny

    And they can't add, either.
    I found an album with 8 songs.

    Each song, by itself is $0.99.
    The "album" is $9.99

    "Look!, I can pay extra!"

  11. Canuck Un-Friendly by Malicious · · Score: 4, Funny
    So when I tried to buy something I got this....
    BuyMusic.com Available to Domestic Residents Only
    We're sorry, but due to license restrictions, BuyMusic.com content is available only to residents of the United States. Your internet protocol (IP) address shows that you are attempting to access this web site from outside the US. Thank you for your interest in BuyMusic.com. We apologize for any inconvenience this might have caused.

    Hey, no problem, I'll just go download it on Kazaa or some other P2P. Thanks anyway!

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  12. Re:Microsoft centric... by Lt+Razak · · Score: 4, Funny

    No thanks, I'll stick to IRC and Newsgroups, thanks.