A Legitmate DRM-Free Music Service – By Amazon?

T.J. Mininday | Sep 25, 2007 | View Comments


I’ve been waiting for a legitimate company to release DRM-free music, so I may take the plunge for the new iPod Touch. The iPod touch is by far the first device I’ve wanted to purchase from Apple.

Don’t get me wrong, Steve Jobs is a genius, he knows what people want and when the right time is to release it. He brought Apple from $7.00/share to $150/share in just five years. All single handedly to everyones favorite device, the iPod. My biggest beef with the entire iPod series has been DRM and iTunes.

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Well today, Amazon released the first in what will hopefully be a string of DRM-free music services with, for the first time, a long list of big name artists. This is finally what everybody has wanted, freedom to do what they want with their music. The ability to upload their tunes onto any and all devices without limits. Let’s hope Amazon can somehow pull this off, so iTunes and company, will follow suit.

What are your thoughts? Are DRM free MP3s the way of the future? Is subscription based music what we should look forward to? or is iTunes now and forever?

ps – If you hadn’t noticed, this was the first in what will hopefully be a long list of contributions to ConnectedInternet. My name is Tim(aka TimmyJ) and I am the present and somewhat former editor and chief of Listikal.com. I decided recently that I was lacking the time to maintain my blog on a consistent basis and that making contributions on a semi-regular basis to Evertons would be much more realistic. You’ll see me writing about many different things now and in the future, including Web 2.0, gadgets and gizmos, blogging and money making.


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  • Nice to see u here Tim.It just goes to show that connected Internet team got stronger and what i have been reading about it will be something like subscribtion based music in the future.
    Cheers
    Abhishek
  • Totally agree, Ipod Touch seems super except for the mentioned issues.
  • Was just reading about the watermarking that they are applying to the music. This was inevitable.

    http://tinyurl.com/29utbg
  • ScottUA
    Apple Ipod is good one. And your choice is also good
  • TIMMY! Good to see ya!

    Personally, I have yet to buy a single iteration of iPod but maybe these touches will be the way to go. I guess first stop is the Apple store so I can first see what they're all about. (And I hate iTunes - except for podcasts)
  • "They will never make what they used to, but either ways it’s still a boat load."

    actually the online music sharing industry has had little to no effect on earnings of both the record companies and the artists.

    and.. sharing with family and friends has existed in the same capacity as it does now since the age of cassette tape ;)

    its sharing with people you dont even know that's the new element.

    honestly, i think the future is in services like rhapsody etc. 'owning' a digital copy doesn't have much allure.. why not just have the entire music universe at your fingertips for a flat rate per month. A person can only consume (listen) to so much? Rhapsody now plays on a plethora of mobile devices (like my n800) so i am never disconnected from pretty much any song i could ever want... legally.. and without limitations and BS like having to buy a 160gb ipod

    lol.

    i think selling 160gb ipods encourages a lot more 'piracy' than DRM'd music. Find anyone with a 160gb ipod and you will find a huge media pirate.

    They sell a lot of them, but nobody legally owns $60,000USD in music, CD, LP, digital or otherwise.
  • As much as I hope this is going to work, I think it will only hurt the music industry that much more. Now there are going to be a lot more family, roommates and friends sharing their songs amongst CDs and MP3 players. Let's hope this is future while musicians can still pump out music and make decent enough money.

    They will never make what they used to, but either ways it's still a boat load.
  • I hope it's the wave of the future. Anytime you buy something 1 at a time (like from iTunes), it's going to be expensive. I'm sure Amazon did their homework before launching this, so no doubt it will be successful. I would definitely try it out and see how it works for me.
  • Nice to see you here Tim, hope to see a great content here
  • Welcome to the Connected Internet team Tim!!
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