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Xanthe · 11-06-2010, 01:38 PM

I began to hate DRM when I had bought songs with them. I wound up subsequently getting a new computer, put my old hard drive in an external case and was able to access all of my files - except those DRM'd songs. They would not play on my new computer and I could not redownload them or get a new license for them from place I had bought them. Since that time, I will strip DRM off anything that I buy, or I won't buy it if it can't be stripped.

I used to pick up songs here and there years ago, especially when AudioGalaxy used to be what it was, not because they were free, but because I could find individual songs without having to buy an whole album, which was the only option open to me after 45rpm records became history. My rule of thumb for buying an album, cassette or CD has always been that I have to like at least 3 songs on it to justify the price. Once the 99-cent/song pricing came along, I started buying songs that way. Now, unless I'm buying a physical CD, I get my music via Amazon MP3 downloads, because the pricing is reasonable for the product I'm getting and I can find exactly what I want. I can also try new music without paying for an entire album and winding up hating all of the music on it.

If publishers put ebooks out there by the authors I read for $4.99, then I'm there. I want to support the authors I enjoy. I can see paying a higher price for an ebook if it has been specifically reformated to be readable on a 5" or 6" reader. I'm referring to non-fiction/technical/instructional books that are always put out in PDF format which makes them virtually unreadable on the smaller ereaders. But if a publisher is gouging the public by charging a hardcover or trade paperback price for an ebook (and yes, I do regard it as price-gouging) then I will give a thumb's up to anyone who puts that book up on the 'net. Charge us what the author would get paid for a mass market paperback sale, with a small handling fee; that way the author gets paid for the sale and the publisher gets a token for the virtual non-cost of a file transfer.

11-06-2010, 01:38 PM	#540
Xanthe Plan B Is Now In Force Posts: 1,894 Karma: 8086979 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Surebleak Device: Aluratek,Sony 350/T1,Pandigital,eBM 911,Nook HD/HD+,Fire HDX 7/8.9,PW2	I began to hate DRM when I had bought songs with them. I wound up subsequently getting a new computer, put my old hard drive in an external case and was able to access all of my files - except those DRM'd songs. They would not play on my new computer and I could not redownload them or get a new license for them from place I had bought them. Since that time, I will strip DRM off anything that I buy, or I won't buy it if it can't be stripped. I used to pick up songs here and there years ago, especially when AudioGalaxy used to be what it was, not because they were free, but because I could find individual songs without having to buy an whole album, which was the only option open to me after 45rpm records became history. My rule of thumb for buying an album, cassette or CD has always been that I have to like at least 3 songs on it to justify the price. Once the 99-cent/song pricing came along, I started buying songs that way. Now, unless I'm buying a physical CD, I get my music via Amazon MP3 downloads, because the pricing is reasonable for the product I'm getting and I can find exactly what I want. I can also try new music without paying for an entire album and winding up hating all of the music on it. If publishers put ebooks out there by the authors I read for $4.99, then I'm there. I want to support the authors I enjoy. I can see paying a higher price for an ebook if it has been specifically reformated to be readable on a 5" or 6" reader. I'm referring to non-fiction/technical/instructional books that are always put out in PDF format which makes them virtually unreadable on the smaller ereaders. But if a publisher is gouging the public by charging a hardcover or trade paperback price for an ebook (and yes, I do regard it as price-gouging) then I will give a thumb's up to anyone who puts that book up on the 'net. Charge us what the author would get paid for a mass market paperback sale, with a small handling fee; that way the author gets paid for the sale and the publisher gets a token for the virtual non-cost of a file transfer. Last edited by Xanthe; 11-06-2010 at 01:42 PM.