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Wal-Mart Joins Amazon to Push Labels to Ditch DRM Once and For All

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Wal-Mart Joins Amazon to Push Labels to Ditch DRM Once and For All

DJJS — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:46:27 EST

YAYY!!.. for the evil one.. but the more companys Join in.. the more we win..

DJJS

Wal-Mart Joins Amazon to Push Labels to Ditch DRM Once and For All

Oneon1isto — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:32:24 EST

@RalphWiggum: I think I just might. And I'm not kidding either. I'm heading there now.

Oneon1isto

Wal-Mart Joins Amazon to Push Labels to Ditch DRM Once and For All

RalphWiggum — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:06:48 EST

This is fan-frickin-tastic news. Evil or not, Walmart dominates the CD-sales world and will be able to exert quite a bit of pressure on the major labels.

For anyone who hasn't tried Amazon's online mp3 store, they really should. For all of those pirate types saying "Arrrr. I'll pay for music again when it's affordable, convenient to get, and well-encoded", it's time. Aside from the lack of a few major labels, the Amazon store is awesome. 256k or higher DRM-free mp3's for $9 an album.

RalphWiggum

Wal-Mart Joins Amazon to Push Labels to Ditch DRM Once and For All

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy! — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:59:37 EST

@hughjass: I think part of the problem with subscription in a store like iTunes is that the labels may want a piece of the iPod profits, which has a snowball's chance in hell of happening, so will likely never happen.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

Wal-Mart Joins Amazon to Push Labels to Ditch DRM Once and For All

packetsniffer — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:57:37 EST

@typoink:
Agreed. Music should be DRM-free for outright purchases, but DRM makes perfect sense for subscription services. Now if we could only get all MP3 player manufacturers to agree on a standard subscription-based format... *le sigh* Or at least get Apple on board with subscription-based music via iTunes.

packetsniffer

Wal-Mart Joins Amazon to Push Labels to Ditch DRM Once and For All

packetsniffer — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:52:14 EST

@ImTheKing:
And yet, you probably shop there just like the rest of us. ;-)

packetsniffer

Wal-Mart Joins Amazon to Push Labels to Ditch DRM Once and For All

typoink — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:51:36 EST

DRM isn't evil, but bad implementations are. It should never be stapled on to media that the user is legitimately purchasing.

At the same time, however, DRM is what allows the music subscription services to work, and those services can be fantastic and are, in my mind, a very consumer-friendly approach to music.

People often chant for the death of DRM, but I'd hate to see that -- I just want to see it limited to places where it makes SENSE.

typoink

Wal-Mart Joins Amazon to Push Labels to Ditch DRM Once and For All

Rususeruru — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:49:09 EST

Amazon has 3% of the digital download market share, WalMart 2%.
That's not bad at all for a store that launched with little more than a murmur outside of geeky tech blogs.
High bit-rate DRM free tracks ftw!

Rususeruru

Wal-Mart Joins Amazon to Push Labels to Ditch DRM Once and For All

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy! — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:47:59 EST

DRM is the core of Satan's scrotum, the RIAA is the sack, and the parent affiliates are the pubes, and humanity gets teabagged! Time to break out the Holy scissors and neuter the Beast once and for all.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

Wal-Mart Joins Amazon to Push Labels to Ditch DRM Once and For All

GOKOR — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:27:29 EST

DRM is part of the devil, RIAA is another part, FCC is the head and heart of the devil though. The cold, black, burning heart.

GOKOR

Wal-Mart Joins Amazon to Push Labels to Ditch DRM Once and For All

CarbonatedWater — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:05:47 EST

Gotta love illegal music downloading. I sure do.

CarbonatedWater

Wal-Mart Joins Amazon to Push Labels to Ditch DRM Once and For All

imTheKing — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:05:33 EST

Wal-mart is evil but I <3 Amazon and DRM free music!

imTheKing

Wal-Mart Joins Amazon to Push Labels to Ditch DRM Once and For All

Joseph — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:02:05 EST

And Amazon, who's online store also eschews any form of DRM for MP3s, plans to give away one billion MP3s with an upcoming Pepsi/Super Bowl giveaway.

HAHA Remember a few years back when they had all those kids who were charged with illegal mp3 downloading on TV?

Joseph