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EMI Ups the Quality and Drops the DRM
Well, ask and ye shall receive. I was just complaining about the low quality of 128kbps iTunes mp3s, and blammo: today EMI announced it will be offering its catalog on iTunes in 256kbps quality for the slightly increased price of $1.29 per song. The big news is that the tracks will also be free of the crippling DRM (Digital Rights Management) protection that many have complained about, but of course the other news is that a record label has finally broken the 99-cent barrier on iTunes, something they've lobbied for unsuccessfully for a while. Hopefully this won't lead to more label influence over prices ("hey, that Beyonce track looks hot, up the price to $3.50 for the next 7 hours!") but if they're willing to make this kind of tradeoff, I'm willing to pay 30 cents.
Somebody does need to tell the Times that Damon Albarn is now two bands removed from Blur, though.
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Yes, but will the songs be any better or will they be the same old ho hum bubblegum having everything to do with big-label profits and nothing to do with either art, political reality or working man and woman woes?
Reminds me of the new HDV Liquid Plasma giant screen TVs that everybody now thinks they need so as not to appear behind the times to their gizmo-freek neighbor. Doesn't do a damn thing to make the quality of the programming any better.
it's all because of informatic pirates and their illegal downloads. If it weren't for the money they robbed the music industry, i'm sure mp3 would be a lot cheaper, because we know that when a track costs 1.29, an album will cost at least 12.9, and since it comes with no physical suport, plastic or paper, the reason of such a rip-off surely is p2p, not greed.
not to mention the poor quality of mp3 vs audio cds.
god bless the music industry
Posted by: Cobra on 04/05/07 at 4:24 AM Respond
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Posted by: Richard Aberdeen on 04/04/07 at 1:19 PM Respond