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Ad-Supported Free Music Downloads Doomed to Failure?

Posted by Zonk on from the no-love-for-ads dept.

madonna writes "CNET extensively explains why the new We7.com download service — which offers ad-embedded free music downloads without DRM — is doomed to failure. 'This service absolutely, categorically will not succeed. You can quote us on that. It's true the best way to combat piracy is to provide a realistic and affordable alternative, and free is certainly affordable. But music downloaders are not going to switch to using a service that costs the same as using BitTorrent or Limewire, but comes with abominable disclaimers or advertisements.'"

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  1. Insightful? by norminator · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why is that modded Interesting?

    Funny? Yes.
    Informative? For all who needed to get a copy of that HD-DVD key, yes.
    But Insightful? Come on...