MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Online music stores (like iTunes and Napster) are misleading buyers

Chaos · 09-03-2005, 05:16 PM

I'd have to say iTMS is better than the others, currently, because of things like the Hymn Project (standard disclaimer - it might not be legal in some areas - i.e. the USA).

And of course the nice fact that, although, as the EFF guide states, they can change the DRM terms, it is not a subscription service, like Napster.

Still, there's two more solutions - P2P and CDs. P2P is legally grey-area (again, especially in the US, where it's basically illegal - not so much in Canada, as long as no profit is made it still (apparently) is legal), and CDs are still rather expensive (depending on exactly which CDs you buy)...

09-03-2005, 05:16 PM	#2
Chaos Evangelist Posts: 418 Karma: 281 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Device: Assorted older devices	I'd have to say iTMS is better than the others, currently, because of things like the Hymn Project (standard disclaimer - it might not be legal in some areas - i.e. the USA). And of course the nice fact that, although, as the EFF guide states, they can change the DRM terms, it is not a subscription service, like Napster. Still, there's two more solutions - P2P and CDs. P2P is legally grey-area (again, especially in the US, where it's basically illegal - not so much in Canada, as long as no profit is made it still (apparently) is legal), and CDs are still rather expensive (depending on exactly which CDs you buy)...