'm still a fan of buying CDs and avoiding the DRM issue altogether. But for those of us with a ton of CDs that we want to convert over to digital format (be that mp3, aac, flac, ogg, or even wma), there are services out there that can help. One great service in particular is Riptopia http://www.riptopia.com/ Since most of us are tech minded, ripping a CD doesn't pose a technical challenge, but the sheer volume of our collections might. They charge about a $1/CD and can handle a wide variety of formats. mp3 format is probably the most portable with respect to players, and will continue to be for some time, I think. This kind of approach is fair and does away with the DRM headaches, IMO.
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'm still a fan of buying CDs and avoiding the DRM issue altogether. But for those of us with a ton of CDs that we want to convert over to digital format (be that mp3, aac, flac, ogg, or even wma), there are services out there that can help. One great service in particular is Riptopia http://www.riptopia.com/ Since most of us are tech minded, ripping a CD doesn't pose a technical challenge, but the sheer volume of our collections might. They charge about a $1/CD and can handle a wide variety of formats. mp3 format is probably the most portable with respect to players, and will continue to be for some time, I think. This kind of approach is fair and does away with the DRM headaches, IMO.