Wednesday, October 5, 2005
Music Download Services Compared
Posted by Jeremy Charette in "ARTICLE" @ 02:00 PM
"Online music has come a long way since the days when Napster and Kazaa and other file-sharing networks were the Robin Hoods of cyberspace. There are still plenty of peer-to-peer sites out there to swap the tracks you have (just witness the actions of the RIAA taking people to court), but since Apple turned the iPod into a necessary fashion accessory, online music has taken a right turn into respectability and become a multi-billion dollar industry. For several years record labels had been trying to combat the online pirates – as they saw them – who exchanged music without buying it or paying royalties, but in 2001 a single device, and the software to go with it, suddenly made legal digital music a desirable commodity, just as broadband began to take off."
What's it boil down to? If you're cheap, go with Yahoo or Wal-Mart. If you have an iPod, you're stuck with iTunes. Me? I'll stick with good old-fashioned non-DRM'd compact discs, thankyouverymuch.
What's it boil down to? If you're cheap, go with Yahoo or Wal-Mart. If you have an iPod, you're stuck with iTunes. Me? I'll stick with good old-fashioned non-DRM'd compact discs, thankyouverymuch.
