Comments on: Tower stacking up downloads

Starting Tuesday, retailer will offer downloads priced at 99 cents a track, compatible with most players except iPod.

[bobby_brady]

How much DRM and what does "Many CD players" mean?

Whenever there is some new music download service there are two questions we all need to be asked. What is the price but more important, how much DRM has infested the file.

Regarding this article, what the heck does "Many CD players mean"?

[bobby_brady]

How much DRM and what does "Many CD players" mean?

Whenever there is some new music download service there are two questions we all need to be asked. What is the price but more important, how much DRM has infested the file.

Regarding this article, what the heck does "Many CD players mean"?

[Penguinisto]

*yawn* - another useless locked-down format...

...wake me when someone offers music in a universal (read: mp3) format that doesn't lock the music down in some BS proprietary DRM'd format.

Meanwhile, I'll happily continue to play indie mp3's on my iPod (where the music is free as in speech, and the artist is actually compensated fairly).

ITMS and this new Tower thingy can both bugger off in the meanwhile.

/P

[dragonbite]

MP3s not universal

Actually MP3 is proprietary and in the US is not legal without licenses which may not be an issue with Microsoft or Apple but with Linux it's a little different (if you want to stay "legal").

You want universal? Try .ogg format which ...

"Ogg Vorbis is a completely open, patent-free, professional audio encoding and streaming technology with all the benefits of Open Source."
http://www.vorbis.com/

[Penguinisto]

*yawn* - another useless locked-down format...

...wake me when someone offers music in a universal (read: mp3) format that doesn't lock the music down in some BS proprietary DRM'd format.

Meanwhile, I'll happily continue to play indie mp3's on my iPod (where the music is free as in speech, and the artist is actually compensated fairly).

ITMS and this new Tower thingy can both bugger off in the meanwhile.

/P

[dragonbite]

MP3s not universal

Actually MP3 is proprietary and in the US is not legal without licenses which may not be an issue with Microsoft or Apple but with Linux it's a little different (if you want to stay "legal").

You want universal? Try .ogg format which ...

"Ogg Vorbis is a completely open, patent-free, professional audio encoding and streaming technology with all the benefits of Open Source."
http://www.vorbis.com/

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