Harry G;148904 Wrote: > > The site was impressive but the only albums I could find available in > anything other than MP3 were the most popular American pop albums. Not > the kind of thing I usually buy. Did I miss something?
Yes, thier online encoding. It can sometimes take up to 24 hous for your music to be ready, but i have always been able to get everything, even some of the more obscure stuff, in any format/bitrate i wanted. adamslim;148980 Wrote: > What are you doing giving these people money? Far better to pirate > using Bittorrent - at least then your money doesn't go to profiteering > mafiosi! > > They pay no money to the artists. The fact that it may be legal in > Russia does not make it ethical anywhere. These guys are worse than > the touts at car boot sales - at least *they* are honestly dishonest! > > I hate the RIAA, BPI et al as much as anyone, and think that they are > using bonkers tactics. But that doesn't mean the artists don't need > money - especially when you are looking at small, niche stuff. > > Please be sensible - buy some CDs; music is good value - how many > hours' pleasure do you get from one good CD? If you must pirate, for > whatever reason, please don't do it in a way that remunerates the > dishonest. Indeed, well said. You make an excellent point, and i do largely agree with you. But you could look at it another way; By using Bittorrent you are give the RIAA/BPI the excuses and ammo they need to continue on thier stupid crusade and using heavy handed tatics and overly restrictive DRM because we are all criminals and must be stupid at any costs (consumer rights). Using AllOfMP3.com could be considered a 'protest purchace' in many ways. If The RIAA/BPI could only just realise that this is what customers want. That said, i do prefer to buy CD's when i can. For me, it's not about the price, i would be happy to pay more - it's about quality, value for money, choice and the ability to play my music where, when and on what device i want. I'm not actually anti-DRM per say, if the record industry wanted to win people over they should force the music vendors to open up the DRM to allow people to use there music on all there devices, while still retricting the sharing for files. Such a system is not imposible - the music could be locked to my PC, allowing it to be played on my Squeezebox, ipod, PDA, whatever without me sharing it with someone else, simular to what thet are doing with HD content. But it's not just the RIAA/BPI's fault, the likes of Apple are wrong to lock down thier music to thier devices. If every vendor opened up thier DRM then Apple, etc, could actually gain some customers, such as the ones that have bought lot of MS Plays For Sure stuff but would now like an Ipod to pay it on. People would by more music too - If they starting making CD's that could only be played on one CD player, it market would fall through the floor. So by that logic, opening up DRM would make the download market properly explode. It would be better for consumer too, as music prices would have to become more competitive, the services would have to offer better quality and the player manufactures would have to concentrate on just making the best devices, as they can't rely on Jo Public having to buy device X just to play the $/£100's of music they have invested in. AllOfMP3 may not be the most ethical of companies and thier days may be numbered. But good on 'em i say, there are a shining beacon for how music should be sold, even if they are just in it for the money. I am ranting a bit now, so i will shut up! -- autopilot *SlimServer Version:* 6.5 - Windows XP. *Amp:* Cambridge Audio 640a (living room) / Denon MD30 (bedroom). *Speakers:* Mission 701's (living room) / Kef Cresta 1's (bedroom). *Remote:* T-Mobile MDA Vario / Sony PSP / Cambridge Audio Explorer (IR). *Clients:* 1 Squeezebox3 + Softsqueeze. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ autopilot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28858 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
