slimman;339138 Wrote: > So I dove into online music downloads today with MusicGiants. I > thought, finally, a high quality download at full price rather than a > watered-down version at full price. > > That is until I downloaded it and tried to play it on my Squeezebox. > Nope, can't do it. DRM restrictions. > > So I burned them to CD and then ripped them back. That worked. > > But then I looked at the properties of the files. You can burn them 5 > times and you're done. I suppose the file becomes useless except on > the computer to which it was originally downloaded. And 4 of my > downloads I couldn't burn at all. Total crock of sh!t. > > I am not the lawbreaking type, but when I pay full price for something, > I sure as hell better have full rights to use it. I'll be looking for a > way to delete the DRM so that I can actually use that which I paid for. > Ridiculous! > > I have an email into MusicGiants to see why I can't burn just those 4 > tracks. Oddly enough, first it was 8 tracks. Then I just moved some > things around and then just 4 couldn't be burned. Ridiculous! > > I must say, my excitement about entering the music download world came > to a complete halt. Amazing. A customer for a day. And no more. > > No wonder illegal downloads are so popular.Yeah buy from amazon or > HDtracks.com (I think that's the name). DRM free. You have to really read the faq on music sites anymore or this will happen. There are other site too, these are just a couple of the ones I have used. Itune store also has drm free mixed with DRM music, but I just don't like their idea of doing business.
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