I purchased copies of, and unless the RIAA succeeds in their creative but wrongful re-imagining of copyright law, the right to fairly use, 43 music albums in 2007. Needless to say every single one was purchased on DRM-free media — high-bitrate digital MP3s when available, CD when not.
While buying 43 albums/year is well [...]
I’ve been writing reviews on online music stores for years, particularly those that support independent artists and DRM-free downloads.
And hands-down, Amazon’s new store is the best out there. Period.
Some highlights:
Selection: They say they’ve encoded over 2 million songs so far, and a spot check indicates that the coverage is amazing.
Quality: 256 [...]
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