Posted by RichardK on 11/17/18 11:48

NRen2k5 wrote:
> RichardK wrote:
>
>> I can see absolutely no benefit whatsoever in having WMA-DRM. It's a
>> proprietary format with very few worthwhile sources and certainly not
>> something one would encode by choice. Or purchase by choice.
>
>
> Exactly the same as AAC-DRM.

Except, iTMS gives me the ability to use one of the best HD-based media
players on the market - the 5th Gen iPod Video 60GB - and one of the
largest online music stores with legitimate purchases of music from
artists as diverse as Atom & His Package to RHCP.

I have no problem with DRM; I see no benefit in using the stores that
only supply WMA files, since they have significantly smaller ranges
(with much duplication). And frankly, I've BOUGHT £18 worth of tracks on
iTMS, but have over 100 /free/ Song Of The Week downloaded tracks (new
and not-mainstream material), in my library of 9,850+ tracks - the rest
of the material is ripped directly from CDs (over 600 of them), or
demos/free downloads from my friends' bands.

Don't you get it? iTMS is a store I would visit by choice for the
content if I didn't like having the physical CD.

Richard

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