It is not the companies that concern me, they have marketing departments that exist solely to make their products seem better than they are, and that is the same with all companies.
My anger is at the watchdog, Ofcom, that continually allow these companies to lie.
The 7digital.co.uk started toying with providing MP3 downloads a while back. I don't now how they did it, but they have managed to go fully MP3.
From the site:-
"Folks, the day has come: 7digital is officially 100% MP3. This means that all of our 4 million strong catalogue is now available in this fine, fuss-free format - making ours the largest collection in the UK. MP3 is compatible with almost anything, including your iPods. Itâ(TM)s how things should be. Weâ(TM)ve worked long and hard for this but you should fight for what you believe in, right? Enjoy your freedom..."
PS. I don't work there. I just emailed a few times about the DRM, it must have paid off!
Uncanny, I recommended to a colleague to update his machine which he did last night. Later that evening his machine would not boot, looked like the partition table was screwed. He opted for a reinstall.... doh. Could this actually be related?
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It is not the companies that concern me, they have marketing departments that exist solely to make their products seem better than they are, and that is the same with all companies.
My anger is at the watchdog, Ofcom, that continually allow these companies to lie.
The 7digital.co.uk started toying with providing MP3 downloads a while back. I don't now how they did it, but they have managed to go fully MP3.
From the site:-
"Folks, the day has come: 7digital is officially 100% MP3. This means that all of our 4 million strong catalogue is now available in this fine, fuss-free format - making ours the largest collection in the UK. MP3 is compatible with almost anything, including your iPods. Itâ(TM)s how things should be. Weâ(TM)ve worked long and hard for this but you should fight for what you believe in, right? Enjoy your freedom..."
PS. I don't work there. I just emailed a few times about the DRM, it must have paid off!
Uncanny, I recommended to a colleague to update his machine which he did last night. Later that evening his machine would not boot, looked like the partition table was screwed. He opted for a reinstall.... doh. Could this actually be related?