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Posted by Technobarbarian on 12/16/06 01:14
<dereks314@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>>From a little bit of poking around on google, I found reports of them
> signing legitimate contracts with major recording labels and movie
> studios. It is a legitimate business. They normally sell their music
> about a $1 a song and $10 for an album. It seems the peer-to-peer
> aspect comes in to benefit the user in two aspects. First if the user
> shares their library they can earn credit towards future purchases.
> And, second it helps them download large files faster. One user
> reported that they downloaded a 1 Gb file, they were able to start
> playing after a couple of minutes (streaming) and the file finished
> downloading in about 12 minutes. Unlike iTunes it seems like they have
> more studios on board.
>
I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it for myself, but they
do appear to be operating within the law:
http://www.riaa.com/issues/music/legalsites.asp
However: if you read the fine print MP3s are indie music. The RIAA
stuff is WMAs. In other words it comes with DRM. And they don't actually say
what you get for a penny or how many songs they'll sell you at that price.
You have to download their software to find out. Let us know what happens
when you get there. It doesn't sound like something I want I my machine
without a lot more information out front.
And it ain't about speed. If the machine on the other end can handle it
I can download at 7Mbps. I only get a fraction of that with P2P.
TB
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