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Old 10-02-2007, 10:28 AM   #1
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Even DRM-free content may not be enough...
Bill Thompson, regular BBC columnist, notes his experiences trying (and failing) to purchase "DRM-free" music from Amazon: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7022157.stm

Apparently they will only sell to US customers, as verified by the billing address on a credit card. This reminds me of the Wowio geographic restrictions on their "free" (non-DRM, advertising supported) ebooks. Sometimes I wonder if someone in the industry is trying to encourage piracy.
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Old 10-02-2007, 10:34 AM   #2
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Bill Thompson, regular BBC columnist, notes his experiences trying (and failing) to purchase "DRM-free" music from Amazon: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7022157.stm

Apparently they will only sell to US customers, as verified by the billing address on a credit card. This reminds me of the Wowio geographic restrictions on their "free" (non-DRM, advertising supported) ebooks. Sometimes I wonder if someone in the industry is trying to encourage piracy.
Which is why one should always shop for music at iTunes and ebooks at Baen's Webscriptions!!! (Yes, I buy *all* my iTunes music in MP3 format. and one can *never* go wrong buying ebooks from Webscriptions!)



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Old 10-02-2007, 10:37 AM   #3
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Actually it seems you can enter any US address at Amazon store and they will happily sell the music to you.
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Old 10-02-2007, 10:41 AM   #4
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See, I was all ready to start paying for all my music rather than, uhm, sharing it. And then they limit it like that. Plonkers.
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Old 10-02-2007, 09:54 PM   #5
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Amazon just might be playing it safe from lawsuits. Being based in America they know the laws pertaining to them. There has to be countries that have their RIAA pass laws that you have to have DRM. They are just into the public beta of their mp3 selling and should broaden up their selling for no other reason to make more profit. Just give it time.
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Old 10-03-2007, 02:47 AM   #6
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Amazon just might be playing it safe from lawsuits. Being based in America they know the laws pertaining to them.
"amazon.com" are an American company, but "amazon.co.uk" are a British company, "amazon.de" a German one, "amazon.fr" a French one, etc. Each is presumably operating according to the laws of its own country.
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This simply reflects the way the music business is organised in that licences are granted on a national basis. So a CD by Band A could be distributed by Company A in the US and Company B in the UK and Company C in France. iTunes works on the same basis. It's unfortunate, and hopefully it will change eventually but don't blame Amazon.
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Old 10-03-2007, 10:06 AM   #9
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This simply reflects the way the music business is organised in that licences are granted on a national basis. So a CD by Band A could be distributed by Company A in the US and Company B in the UK and Company C in France. iTunes works on the same basis. It's unfortunate, and hopefully it will change eventually but don't blame Amazon.
It is not the music business that regulates distribution, here is proof that lawyers are behind everything and that countries are more isolated from one another than we think. Now how are we to save spaceship Earth?
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