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MP3tunes Offers Music Service Without DRM

Posted by samzenpus on from the let-the-music-flow dept.

ThinSkin writes "Former MP3.com chief and Lindows CEO Michael Robertson will reenter the music world next week with MP3tunes, a service that promises music without DRM restrictions. MP3tunes hopes to attract users who are fed up with restrictions on copying music from sites that use digital-rights-management techniques, such as iTunes."

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  1. Great...but it wont work by mboverload · · Score: 0, Troll
    This is the kind of music store I have been waiting for. I tried to be the good guy, buying songs from Apple and all, but it did not work out. I realized how stupid I was being. I could fork over a buck for CRAPPY quality music (128kbps!) or I could get music at 320kbps for free. THe minimum quality I go for is 192kbps. Anything less and music sounds like crap. I have to wait a few minutes with WinMX, but hey, I just saved a buck.

    I also read that music bought from the Apple Music Store gives even LESS money to the artist. $16 cds only give $1 or less to the artist, and many times it is worse than that.

    So here is my situation. I have been reading about the RIAA and how it screws over artists, and hey, I don't want to support that! Instead of paying them my money, I get music for free until they go under. Then a better system can take over.

    http://www.downhillbattle.org/ is what really pushed me over. Check out their posters, I have them all over my walls. http://www.downhillbattle.org/flyers/?PHPSESSID=72 5ad2c3bab3c780a7721fc58a54177c

  2. Re:Actually, in Soviet Russia, the music frees you by Romeozulu · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's proof that cheap, DRM-free online distribution can work./i.

    Yeah, and screw all the artist out of their money. AllOfMP3 is a loop-hole that allows the russians that run the site to make money, and just about no one else.

  3. Re:Hope he's proved right by CastrTroy · · Score: 0, Troll

    What If I want a box of cereal that's half rice crispies and half froot loops? What if I want to buy instant coffee by the teaspoon? What if I want to buy a loaf of bread that has 3 white slices, 3 brown slices, 3 multigrain slices, 3 slices with no outer crust, and only 1 slice from the end of the loaf? They don't offer it. Maybe I should just steal all my groceries. Just because someone doesn't sell something in the particular way you want it, doesn't mean you have the right to just take it for free. If you don't like it, don't buy it.

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    Anthropic principle: We see the universe the way it is because if it were different we would not be here to see it.
  4. Re:Slightly OT: Robertson is an ass by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Your definition of an ass is my definition of a financial success.

    There are plenty of them out there.

    They 'steal' other's ideas and make money off of them.

    Gates.

    Jobs.

    Robertson.

    The entire Asian continent.

    and on and on...