Emusic Relaunches - Cheap, DRM-Free Downloads

An anonymous reader writes "Emusic.com has relaunched today. This is important for several reasons. 1) They sell MP3s. No DRM. I can play them on my Linux box or wherever. 2) They are encoding at 192Kbit/s VBR. That's near CD quality (and how I rip my own CDs). They are focusing on lesser known independent music and providing some editorial content to separate the good from the bad. I see lots of great jazz, classical, and folk/country stuff in their library. 4) Subscription rate is 9.99/month for 40 tracks. That is $0.25 a track. Much cheaper than everywhere else. It's near my pricepoint. This is the first online music store that I will seriously consider. (And actually the first that I _can_ consider since I'm a linux user.)"

Comments

Ewww

[Klar]

Well.. not to say anything bad about the quality of the site.. but.. they have Moby as a featured artist. Man that guy is scary.

Still not a perfect solution...

[Thud457]

I've found poking them with sharp sticks eventually leads to loss of quality, also.

Of course, looking at broadcast, apparently giving them truckfulls of money and letting them lead the high life also has the same effect. Go figure.

Re:monthly/per track pricing?

[cpt kangarooski]

WRONG.

First, downloading is ALWAYS reproduction and NEVER importation. You need to read that Intellectual Reserve case I cited earlier, dumbass.

Second, you misunderstand the law. There are TWO bans on importation. The exemption you cited applies to the ban in 602(a). There is ANOTHER, INDEPENDENT ban in 602(b). The 602(a)(2) exemption, by its own language (viz "this subsection") does not apply to 602(b).

So what are you gonna do to escape from 602(b)?

And how are you going to refute the many cases that clearly state that downloading is an infringement of the reproduction right, which is totally distinct from the distribution right, which is what importation is part of?

You lose.