Comments on: To buy or not to buy (mp3s)… http://jilliancyork.com/2008/12/10/to-buy-or-not-to-buy-mp3s/ Jillian C. York is a freelance writer and blogger. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:20:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Mariyah http://jilliancyork.com/2008/12/10/to-buy-or-not-to-buy-mp3s/#comment-1914 Mariyah Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:37:26 +0000 http://jilliancyork.com/?p=237#comment-1914 Thanks for this tip, Jillian. The music thing has me spinning. Often I like to add music to my blog but have to jump through hoops to get it on there. Download it from iTunes, burn it to CD, rip it from CD to get an MP3, upload it to Imeem and so on. But half the time, readers or I, can't get on Imeem. I hope Pirate Bay will make my trip a little shorter to deliver the goods. I'll check out Maria Mena too!! :) Thanks for this tip, Jillian. The music thing has me spinning. Often I like to add music to my blog but have to jump through hoops to get it on there. Download it from iTunes, burn it to CD, rip it from CD to get an MP3, upload it to Imeem and so on. But half the time, readers or I, can’t get on Imeem. I hope Pirate Bay will make my trip a little shorter to deliver the goods. I’ll check out Maria Mena too!! :)

]]> By: amit http://jilliancyork.com/2008/12/10/to-buy-or-not-to-buy-mp3s/#comment-1867 amit Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:49:50 +0000 http://jilliancyork.com/?p=237#comment-1867 You are welcome! :) I'm just waiting for Amazon to allow their MP3 downloads outside US or some other such service to come here - sometimes there's only 1-2 songs in an album that are good & its not worth buying whole album for 2 songs!! You are welcome! :) I’m just waiting for Amazon to allow their MP3 downloads outside US or some other such service to come here – sometimes there’s only 1-2 songs in an album that are good & its not worth buying whole album for 2 songs!!

]]> By: Jillian http://jilliancyork.com/2008/12/10/to-buy-or-not-to-buy-mp3s/#comment-1866 Jillian Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:14:59 +0000 http://jilliancyork.com/?p=237#comment-1866 Amit, you are a wealth of information! Jamendo looks great, and although I don't know that I'll stop using iTunes fully, I'll certainly combine the two from now on...thanks! Amit, you are a wealth of information! Jamendo looks great, and although I don’t know that I’ll stop using iTunes fully, I’ll certainly combine the two from now on…thanks!

]]> By: amit http://jilliancyork.com/2008/12/10/to-buy-or-not-to-buy-mp3s/#comment-1865 amit Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:38:50 +0000 http://jilliancyork.com/?p=237#comment-1865 Well, I buy CDs & then rip them to FLAC so I can listen to them on my PC & mobile (instead of destroying my CDs by running them constantly). I wouldn't buy on iTunes, or any other website that doesn't give DRM free music. If I'm paying for my music then I want to be able to listen to them on a device of <em>my choice</em> & as long as I want. You might wanna give Amazon MP3 downloads a try, they cost just about same as iTunes (or maybe Amazon is cheaper) & unlike iTunes they give you DRM free MP3s which you can play anywhere on any device & computer (& backup to CDs as many times as you want). DRM locked music is bad - if tomorrow the service provider (iTunes Store in your case) decides to close shop or switch to DRM free music then all your DRM protected music which you bought will go kaput just like of those poor souls who bought from Wal Mart & then one fine day Wal Mart decided that they no longer want to sell music downloads & shut down their DRM servers rendering all songs they sold unplayable on any other PC other than the one on which they already have (just so long as they didn't re-install operating system). Btw, if you are ok with new & unknown artists then you should give <a href="http://www.jamendo.com/" rel="nofollow">Jamendo</a> a try. All music there is free & under a Creative Commons license & I've found some really nice albums there which I liked & downloaded. You can listen to music online on Jamendo & if you like then you can download it as well either a single song or whole album & as many as you like! :) Well, I buy CDs & then rip them to FLAC so I can listen to them on my PC & mobile (instead of destroying my CDs by running them constantly). I wouldn’t buy on iTunes, or any other website that doesn’t give DRM free music. If I’m paying for my music then I want to be able to listen to them on a device of my choice & as long as I want.

You might wanna give Amazon MP3 downloads a try, they cost just about same as iTunes (or maybe Amazon is cheaper) & unlike iTunes they give you DRM free MP3s which you can play anywhere on any device & computer (& backup to CDs as many times as you want).

DRM locked music is bad – if tomorrow the service provider (iTunes Store in your case) decides to close shop or switch to DRM free music then all your DRM protected music which you bought will go kaput just like of those poor souls who bought from Wal Mart & then one fine day Wal Mart decided that they no longer want to sell music downloads & shut down their DRM servers rendering all songs they sold unplayable on any other PC other than the one on which they already have (just so long as they didn’t re-install operating system).

Btw, if you are ok with new & unknown artists then you should give Jamendo a try. All music there is free & under a Creative Commons license & I’ve found some really nice albums there which I liked & downloaded. You can listen to music online on Jamendo & if you like then you can download it as well either a single song or whole album & as many as you like! :)

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