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more about #recordlabels Michael Wiegand: The album lives on in only one format now: Vinyl. For analog nerds and LP collectors. My preferred consumption of music now is lossless DRM-free mp3s ... more » Hiphopopotamus: Albums as a revenue source is kinda laughable at this point in time - but if you are gonna do it, this seems like a better way: [pitchfork.com] Buy so... more » DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his stapler.: They're calling it Cocktail? Pft. that's a pretty gay name. They should have called it something manly, like Appletini. more » tande04: Eh, we'll see. I've seen some concepts for "digital albums" that I could really get into. Even the way that iTunes does it now is close but not quite... more » hdiggity: i wish i could understand the purpose of this (other than trying to inflate some made up "album sales" category). again, record industry, don't try t... more » philibuster: The album is not dead. I enjoy taking a 12" slab of pressed vinyl from its sleeve and placing it on the platter. I enjoy having CD jewel cases packed ... more » ninjagin: I went to a wildlife park in San Diego and bought a CD of world music that had the videos and menus claptrap on it. Apparently, my "antique" CD player... more » Nick: is that a picture of U2 in an old folks home? yup, that's about right. more » djfoxx64: As a musician, I'd like to remind everyone music is art, not a commodity. Fuck Jobs and fuck the labels, both are blood sucking pieces of shit. more » Kaiser-Machead: I don't care what you think of Apple, that's pretty damn awesome. Now I can comfortably purchase iTunes stuff without caring about authorization when ... more » jpitsch: Makes sense. Jobs should just start signing artists directly to iTunes. more » -
#itunes
The Album Is Dead and Your Stupid CMX Format Won't Bring It Back, Record Labels
The major labels' plan to revive the album with a new format called CMX that includes cover art, lyrics and videos would only be half as stupid if Apple wasn't beating them to the punch with their own stupid album. More » -
#itunes
Steve Jobs Bullied Record Execs Into iTunes Deal on Christmas Eve
While Steve Jobs wasn't personally at Macworld to reveal that iTunes was going DRM-free and OTA downloadable, he's the one who made it happen—he bullied Sony Music's chairman over the phone on Christmas Eve. More » -
#rumor
Is iTunes Ditching DRM Tomorrow?
Speculation aboutifwhen iTunes would score DRM-free tracks from all major studios like Amazon and Walmart do has been rampant, but according to a rumor at AppleInsider, all this speculation may come to an end tomorrow. More »
