Sony's Idea of DRM-Free Music

edmicman writes "Leave it to Sony to mess up DRM-free music downloads. What is the point of DRM-free tracks if you still have to go to a retail store to buy them? From the Infoworld article: 'The tracks will be offered in MP3 format, without DRM, from Jan. 15 in the U.S. and from late January in Canada... The move is far from the all-digital service offered by its rivals, though. To obtain the Sony-BMG tracks, would-be listeners will first have to go to a retail store to buy a Platinum MusicPass, a card containing a secret code, for a suggested retail price of $12.99. Once they have scratched off the card's covering to expose the code, they will be able to download one of just 37 albums available through the service, including Britney Spears' "Blackout" and Barry Manilow's "The Greatest Songs of the Seventies."'"

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Re:thepiratebay

[ThirdPrize]

Yeah, but is it any good? Browse music and sort by #seeds (only guarantee of being able to download something) and what do you get?

Amy_Winehouse-Back_To_Black_(Deluxe_Edition)-2CD-2007-UKP
Alicia Keys - As I Am [2007][CD+SkidVid_XviD+Cov]192Kbps
Top 40 singles Uk 06.01.2008 DHZ.Inc Release
Ministry Of Sound The Annual 2008
Kanye West - Graduation (2007) 224kbs
Timbaland-Present_Shock_Value_(Deluxe_Edition)-2CD-2007-SMO
Juno Soundtrack
Alicia Keys - As I Am (2007) Soul And R&B [BYANOUS]
Lupe Fiasco-The Cool (2007) Rap & Hip-Hop [BYANOUS]
The_Killers-Sawdust-2007-404
Daft Punk - Alive 2007 + Encore [Splitted into tracks]
Britney Spears - Blackout [2007][CD+SkidVid_XviD+Cov]192Kbps
Billboard 2007 Year End Top 100 Charts (Pop 100 and Hot 100)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad [2007][CD+SkidVid+Cov]192Kbps
Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight [2007][CD+SkidVid+Cov]192Kbps
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand (256Kbps)
Foo Fighters-Echoes Silence Patience & Grace[FullCD+Video][320kb
Top 1000 Pop Hits of the 80s (4.32gb)
Leona Lewis - Spirit [2007][CD+SkidVid_XviD+Cov]192Kbps
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Top 40 singles hit 40 Uk best of 2007 DHZ.Inc Release
The Rolling Stone Magazines 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time
Michael Buble - Call Me Irresponsible [2007]
Birdman - 5 * Stunna
Wyclef_Jean-Carnival_Vol_II_Memoirs_Of_An_Immigrant-2007-404
Tiesto-Club_Life_037-Cable-12-14-2007 -Legal-Ups
Bob Marley Discography
Gorillaz-D-Sides-2CD-2007-OURLEADERiSSiTEOP_ORLY
OneRepublic-Dreaming Out Loud[FullCD+Video][320kbps]-FiNsTeRc
Now That's What I Call Music 68

I would have to call that a fairly random selection of commercial rubbish. for more alternative music it's still easier to get it from a shop or on-line. And yes, I did once leave my PC on for a wek trying to download one album.