2007: Year of the MP3?

This is part of a post from DigitalMusic, calling for digital music enthusiasts
to make noise about what they want (and what they don't want) in music
services.

"As we get ready to bid a fond farewell to 2006, I've been doing some
thinking; It's high-time we as digital music consumers make our desires clear.

We want DRM free music. 
We aren't thieves. 
We're willing to pay, if you give us what we want. "

Do you agree? What do you want (or not want) in a music download service?

The year of mp3 has come and gone in my opinion, way back when napster was big.

 

We want DRM free music - Check
We aren't theives - Some people that currently download music probably are 
We're willing to pay, if you give us what we want. - Some people will never be
interested in paying, why would you choose to pay for something that you could
get that is identical for free. 

 

The problem with current music downloading options is that songs are too darn
expensive for something that I can't even physically put anywhere, if they say
lowered the cost to 50c a track they'd probably sell a bucket load more because
there comes a point in which an average person can't be bothered with the price
difference between pirating and downloading legitimately (cost to effort)

Unlimited download with fixed rate would well suitable for me.
Kind rgrds
Saran

I have said it before, I don't mind DRM music, but why does it have to be so
restrictive?

Its the digital alternative to buying a CD right? Well once we buy a CD we can
do what we like with it, ranging from giving it to our friends who can make
copies, or even making copies ourselves.

This does not mean taking away all the physical media, increasing the price (in
some cases) and then restricting what we do with it.

It all depends on the medium purchased and the terms of sale. Some are protected
under DRM and DMCA, some under other laws and agreements. Kinda like the EULA on
software that everyone (except their mother) blows by and does't take their time
to read.

With CDs in the US it falls under "Fair Use" - even though several
companies have restricted the copying or redistribution of material. Some have
even made "ripped" copies with DRM available on the CD. Others just
don't play nicely in computers as many can atest. I just got some Silversun
Pickupsp CDs for the Holiday from my kids that don't play in any Vista Machine I
have, but plays in every XP machine I have tried. Go figure? Copying CDs for
friends and family is a violation of the Copyright law and most CD copy software
like Nero will tell the user of it, if the user wishes to abid to it the have
the option not to copy or continue. Laws are guidelines that some people choose
to follow and others don't. There is a speed limit posted an just about every
well travelled street in the world, but do many people abid to it? 

DRM in its incarnation is a necessity, but it should be open and not closed to
everyone or to certain devices. It should be an open standard that plays nicely
with all devices. It should also be free to implement like the Creative Commons
License.

People are willing to pay for content if its good if not people wouldn't be
purchasing Pay Per View, DVDs, CDs, etc. However media is moving to a digital
form and there have to delivery methods in place that make it easy to use on
many devices while protecting digital rights. At CES this year there will be a
huge shift of moving digital media onto devices either music, video, or images.
Streaming content from providers will also be huge like IPTV and Satellite Radio
as well. 

People are also willing to get things for free and will find ways to circumvent 
it regardless.

Personally I like the all you can eat subscription for a fee, but would like it
to be less restrictive on what I can do with it.

Thats my 2 cents with 3 cents change.