Comments on: Lord almighty, we are DRM-free at last!

By: xproject

xproject — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:34:40 +0000

@talon lardner
iTunes has the capability to convert from aac to mp3. If you don’t want to use iTunes, there are many free audio and video converters out there. The best ones to use are Super, and the Media Converter SA

By: curious

curious — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:26:31 +0000

is it leagal to make a copy of a song to a cd for personal listening

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:49:34 +0000

@Aaron

There is a good reason why video content has DRM, it has always been copy protected. DVD’s have copy-right protection built in, so they will be like that for a while, CDs didn’t so DRM was seen as unacceptable. And I’m so glad DRM is finally crumbling!

By: The PHA : Bookmarks for January 8th from 19:45 to 19:45

The PHA : Bookmarks for January 8th from 19:45 to 19:45 — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:00:52 +0000

[...] Songbird Blog » Lord almighty, we are DRM-free at last! – iTunes remains a closed ecosystem, stymying transactions between digital media consumers, service providers and device manufacturers. Like iTunes, Songbird’s value prop is a user’s control point for digital media. Like iTunes, Songbird supports DRM and non-DRM content. Unlike iTunes, Songbird is built to streamline third-party service integrations (e.g., Amazon, 7digital, Last.FM, etc.) and third-party device synchronization (e.g. Philips, Sony, Sandisk, etc.) into a consumer’s media player, which is key to user utility and convenience that underpin customer satisfaction and willingness to recommend. [...]

By: Steven

Steven — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:59:40 +0000

@Talon
That, and some of us(not me, but…) don’t all have the internet speeds to get those tracks in a reasonable time frame.

By: stevel

stevel — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:43:26 +0000

@Dustin: Did you install the QuickTime add-on?

By: Dustin

Dustin — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:37:43 +0000

“Songbird supports DRM and non-DRM content.”

If that’s true, then why do I get this message every time Songbird tries to play a .m4p song?

http://i44.tinypic.com/mhqzx1.png

By: Michael Buffington

Michael Buffington — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:29:14 +0000

Happy to see any movement towards the inevitable, even if it’s lurching.

By: Talon Lardner

Talon Lardner — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:03:16 +0000

The problem with FLAC, Brad, is that not everyone is blessed with the sound equipment or ears to take full advantage of the added sound quality, as well as the hard drive space required by FLAC is still rather hefty. I still wish they’d use .mp3 format so I could stream purchased music to my Xbox 360 and similar devices.

By: Aaron Strontsman

Aaron Strontsman — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:34:16 +0000

I hate how everyone just goes on to say that the I-Tunes store is now DRM-free, when in fact Video downloads still have DRM. Seriously, Apple’s (and the record companies’s) move is a step in the right direction, but why do all the download stores abandon DRM or DRM-like practices only to go all DRM with video?