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Wal-Mart MP3 Store Drops All DRM, But Only Half-Ass Opens

adam_h — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:49:49 EDT

The title of this article is horribly worded. Keep the quality coming giz!

Wal-Mart MP3 Store Drops All DRM, But Only Half-Ass Opens

shawn_dude — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:25:54 EDT

Amazon doesn't have a lot of the music I like on it. It's mostly the "top 40", "emo", and "kiddie rock" stuff. But what I do like is that I can actually go to Amazon from my home PC and buy music (any music).

Apple, on the other hand, has chosen to use iTunes in a product lock-in strategy and doesn't support *nix systems running x-windows. Plus, you don't actually OWN the DRM-encumbered music they sell. You are technically only buying the limited right to listen to it on a limited number of devices that you must own yourself. (limits, limits, and more limits.)

Buy music on CD and rip it or buy from 100% DRM-free sources like Amazon.

[bitter, party of one, please.]

shawn_dude

Wal-Mart MP3 Store Drops All DRM, But Only Half-Ass Opens

bspence — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:43:00 EDT

Ok Apple, the ball's in your court. We NEED iTunes to go DRM free. I will start buying TONS of music if you do this!!! I don't want the hassle of figuring out Amazon or Wal-Mart's system, and whether it's good enough for me to add to my library. I think if Apple doesn't change, they're going to see a sharp decline in their sales, and a rise in their rivals'.

bspence

Wal-Mart MP3 Store Drops All DRM, But Only Half-Ass Opens

Azndude51 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:50:03 EDT

@Nighthawkz: Yeah, I don't know what's up with Wal-Mart. Their entire site doesn't work with Firefox, it's probably the only one from a major company that doesn't. It's been like that for so long that I'm starting to think that they intentionally made it incompatible.

Azndude51

Wal-Mart MP3 Store Drops All DRM, But Only Half-Ass Opens

Nighthawkz — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:27:58 EDT

That's really stupid. They should start supporting firefox. Firefox takes up 16% of the market share. That's no shit.

Nighthawkz

Wal-Mart MP3 Store Drops All DRM, But Only Half-Ass Opens

92BuickLeSabre — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:51:09 EDT

matt, you act like one could need more than Neil Diamond.

???

92BuickLeSabre

Wal-Mart MP3 Store Drops All DRM, But Only Half-Ass Opens

Joseph — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:38:10 EDT

Gotta do something when you get your butt kicked 2 months in a row in music sales :).

Joseph

Wal-Mart MP3 Store Drops All DRM, But Only Half-Ass Opens

keysereble — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:15:07 EDT

so is this walmart's fault? (the part on drm-less-ness only)
they do need to expand browser compatibility though.

(sorry for the late posting, playing ketchup after a week of slackness.... ummm CTIA)

keysereble

Wal-Mart MP3 Store Drops All DRM, But Only Half-Ass Opens

techie4life — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:01:14 EDT

looks like the mexicans are biased towards windows...

techie4life

Wal-Mart MP3 Store Drops All DRM, But Only Half-Ass Opens

ducttape38 — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:38:19 EDT

Amazon is still the best place to buy music online. Better quality, better prices, and their downloader supports linux. Too bad the web interface sucks. Amazon, get off ye ass and go build an actual store app instead of the awful web ui!

ducttape38

Wal-Mart MP3 Store Drops All DRM, But Only Half-Ass Opens

PBRMEASAP — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:35:46 EDT

I think that Wal-Mart selling music online is a horrible idea, personally. Wal-Mart should stay away from the internets.

PBRMEASAP