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Mp3 Albums and Players Supported by Stars

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the ain't-that-interesting dept.

Plinth writes "The BBC are running an article on MP3, and how it's being taken up by big rock stars, such as the ever current Pete Townshend. (CT:still waiting for his new live album to arrive) The meat of the story, however, is that Bill Wyman (of Rolling Stones fame) has released an album complete with mp3 player, which of course can be used to play other things as well." Its interesting cuz its got its own copyrighting system but afaict it plays straight MP3s too. I'm curious to learn more about this one.

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  1. I thought the stars didn't matter... by Jerenk · · Score: 4

    As the subject says, I remember when Tom Petty released some of his songs on MP3, but his record company forced him to retract the MP3s.

    Overall, in the music industry, I believe that the artists do not feel threatened by MP3s (in fact, most probably love the concept), but it is the record companies that are scared to death of them.

    MP3s will not be commercially viable until someone can come up with a way to make money off of them. Until then, they will remain the currency of the underground.

    Justin

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    Mu. P.S. The address you see is real. =)
  2. Information on the MP3 player by Seth+Finkelstein · · Score: 4
    The player has the uncreative name of Pocket Digital Audio and it's made by Dynamic Naked Audio

    Check out the specifications and press release

    - Seth Finkelstein