Losing The DRM Blues
Recently, EMI Music announced that the complete musical catalog would be available on iTunes without any Digital Rights Management nastiness.
Since the catalog is so extensive, including over 300,000 tracks, at last inventory, it could be easy to lose track of time and forget about things like work, wives, husbands, children, pets, etc. Please don’t forget to breathe.
Also, bring lots of change, as each download costs $1.29. The tracks use 256kbps AAC encoding which EMI claims is indistinguishable from the original recording. Keeping in mind that the original is many times, a digital tape, this is probably true.
This is another great move toward the freedom we all seek, not to pirate the materials that are out there, but to have the freedom to do as we wish with what we have purchased. A kind note to the good people at EMI would not be out of the question here, as small gestures often garner big rewards. If other content holders see the benefit, and hear from the concerned public, they will listen.
Happy downloading!
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