Comment To own my music (Score 1) 532
One of my biggest problems with online music stores is music only being available in formats such as protected WMA files. First, this limits me to a proprietary OS. The real beef is that I don't feel like I am getting a good value for my money. By that, I mean that I purchase a song and download it only to find that someone else still owns it. It's like buying a car only to find that the dealer still owns the title... you pay nearly a full retail price and only have permission to use it (retrictions apply, so our web site for details, etc., etc., etc...).
So, getting onto the subject, the perfect music store would allow me actually to own the music for which I pay. I suppose that I can see why they protect content as to deter pirating (remedied by burning onto an audio CD, and then ripping as mp3... but still a hassle). And yes, I would like to see other formats such as Ogg.
I would like to see subscriptions for people with high speed connections. A flat rate, unlimited. People who either have slow connections or would choose only to download a few songs every now and then can have the option to pay per song.
Has anyone ever heard of World Share ISP? http://www.worldshare.net/ I don't know f they still do this, but a long while ago, they used to donate a portion of the proceeds of their Internet service sales to a charity of each user's choice. I think that that would be great. If people knew that at least some of the money that they were spending on music was going out to help others and not simply to line the pockets of wealthy people, then I think that people would have an incentive to purchase the music rather than pirate it.
So, getting onto the subject, the perfect music store would allow me actually to own the music for which I pay. I suppose that I can see why they protect content as to deter pirating (remedied by burning onto an audio CD, and then ripping as mp3... but still a hassle). And yes, I would like to see other formats such as Ogg.
I would like to see subscriptions for people with high speed connections. A flat rate, unlimited. People who either have slow connections or would choose only to download a few songs every now and then can have the option to pay per song.
Has anyone ever heard of World Share ISP? http://www.worldshare.net/ I don't know f they still do this, but a long while ago, they used to donate a portion of the proceeds of their Internet service sales to a charity of each user's choice. I think that that would be great. If people knew that at least some of the money that they were spending on music was going out to help others and not simply to line the pockets of wealthy people, then I think that people would have an incentive to purchase the music rather than pirate it.
