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[NMLUG] legal music downloads?
Ahh, this looks very cool, I'll have to read about it a bit.
On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 11:32:19PM -0000, Leila Potts wrote:
> James Hamilton <jamesh@swcp.com> said:
>
> > I'm curious if anyone knows of a site to download legal (pay for) mainstream
> > mp3 or ogg formatted files that don't contain embedded digital rights
> > management BS. If you know of one, do they allow downloads in any format
> > except CBR 128kpbs? I would gladly pay once for the music but I will not
> > pay for a drm'd version of anything, since I'm paying they must offer the
> > format I want to use. The apple store, real networks both fall short in this
> > area. I find it incredibly frustrating that the media giants complain that
> > folks pirate music yet offer no outlet for the current industry demand.
> >
>
>
> My current favorite is www.allofmp3.com. In addition to being very cost
> effective (1 cent per MB downloaded), they also custom encode things for you.
> You have your choice of ogg, mp3, wmv, or aac along with just about every
> bitrate imaginable. No restrictions whatsoever. They have a pretty decent
> library as well.
>
> BUT (and there always is one) is that it's a Russian site. The music is 100%
> legal in Russia. Whether it's legal in the US is still up in the air. It's
> slightly more legal than not paying for anything, I guess. However, I don't
> think it's been challenged in court (yet).
>
> Leila
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