SanDisk, Music Publishers Push DRM-free SlotMusic Format

Strudelkugel writes "The LA Times and others are reporting the music industry is working with SanDisk to try unrestricted music files on microSD memory cards to improve sales of physical media: 'In addition to music, the slotMusic cards will come pre-loaded with other things, such as liner notes, album-cover artwork and sometimes video.' The important part: 'The music on slotMusic comes without copyright protection, so it can be used on almost all computers, mobile phones and music players — but it won't play on an iPod, which doesn't have a micro-SD memory slot. It has one gigabyte of memory, and the music tracks are played back at high quality.' Could it be the labels have finally recognized that providing features and convenience to customers is preferable to suing them?" Most computers also don't have microSD slots; according to EMI's press release, there will be a "tiny USB sleeve" packaged with each card, and the "high quality" format means up to 320kbps MP3. From the given description, it seems like it would be no harder to transfer the tracks to an iPod (via a computer) than to most other players.

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Nigger

[Anonymous Coward]

please

5.1 ?

[unity100]

excuse me but are you clueless about music ?

the number of speakers, or surround do not determine the quality of music.

no

[unity100]

it goes to your own ignorance and insolence.

im a european working for over 15 hours without any sleep for 24 hours. i spelled 'porsche' correctly for the first time probably before you were born.

before doing stupid generalizations about groups of people :
1) Grown enough balls to post with your own identity
2) Take care to make valuable contribution to insolent arrogance ratio in your posts higher

Re:No they dont

[unity100]

bullshit.

your statements defy all the setups in concerts that are being performed around the world even as of this moment.

Re:No they dont

[unity100]

just google 'concert speaker arrays'