At various points in time I have whined about iTunes and the oppressive Digital Rights Management (DRM) that comes along with it. DRM means that you're restricted from sharing songs, even if you're only doing so for your own purposes. Most rational people would have thought that the lawsuits that accompanied VCR and Xerox technologies would have established your personal right to do what you want with stuff you purchased. Uh, no. Not in the digital age.
Recently, Apple announced a program by which you can pay more for not having their DRM crap attached to the songs you download. Some of this is just righteous indignation on my part, but it's also just a plain pain in the ass to me, since I can't play the music I bought on iTunes using my fancy wireless stereo setup. I didn't buy the box from Apple, and they won't come to terms with the manufacturer. To work around the problem created for this law-abiding citizen, I have to actually burn CDs and then rip them back in, a massive pain and waste of time that has made me even more passionate about the evils of DRM.
Well, welcome Amazon to the fray. I'll probably be saving money, pain, and time by switching my purchases from Apple to Amazon. Seems to work great and have a great selection of content. Songs go right into iTunes and onto your iPod. Check it out.
2 comments:
I bought Dan an I Pod for his B day and he has had a significant amount of trouble with I Tunes I attribute it to our lack of high speed internet. I will try Amazon tonight and see if it works for him
A comparison between iTunes and Amazon: http://db.tidbits.com/article/9203 zthis guy thinks Amazon is much better.
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