I find this to be an interesting issue. The original AllofMP3 has been offline for some time & MP3Sparks is the new website. The RIAA has really put the thumb screws on and enlisted Visa & Mastercard to help put the kibosh on those trying to spend money on the music being sold there. Personally, I like the site & service. It is one of hte few places that I think the price is fair.
Yeah, I just said that.
I have to be honest, I buy from iTunes and I have purchased music from both sites. I understand that the RIAA is having a hard time dealing with the transition to New Media Distribution. That is fine, but they have to realize that ‘their’ customers don’t want music to exist the same way it has in the past 100 years or so. The internet is here and the sneaker-net has always been around. They need to embrace and lead the movement into the digital frontier.
Forget DRM it is dead.
The sooner they understand that the better off we all will be. The ‘people’ or the ‘masses’ will always find a way to beat the systems they put in place. There will always be someone working on a way to crack, hack, rip, burn, and get that content into a DRM-free medium.
Personally, I think Apple’s FairPlay is pretty reasonable. I can burn the music & then if I want it in MP3 format I will have to rip it & that can be a lot of work. Especially since I have 2 Macs and an iPod; with more Macs & iPhones on the list for the next few years.
MP3 is the way music should be delivered and in the highest quality possible. It will never be as good as live; but recorded music has never been that good.
I expect that in 10 to 15 years it will be history and the world & the recoding industry will have moved on. For now the war wages on.
If you want the whole story see the Ars Technica article and make the hop to Bloomberg for more.
iron wil
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