Record Labels Fear Virgin’s Piracy Solution

The Internet, MP3 players and file-sharing services have changed the music habits of an entire generation. Instead of buying a few singles or albums each year, consumers now demand unlimited access to music, without restrictions such as DRM. In an attempt to fulfill this need and to convert illegal file-sharers into paying customers, the UK ISP Virgin Media recently announced that it will offer an unlimited music download service to all their subscribers. Such a service would allow customers

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Feature: Australian music download services compared

(Credit: CNET.com) If you're keen to boost your music collection without stepping away from the glow of your monitor, our quick guide to Australian download services will give you all the info you need. The digital music landscape has undergone substantial shifts in the past two years. The main trend is the gradual relaxation of digital rights management, or DRM . Song files protected with DRM have an extra bit of data attached to them that restricts where and when they can be played

Sony Courts eMusic, Inspires Praise and Backlash

eMusic is an online subscription-based store that has 400,000+ subscribers. eMusic differs from other well-known subscription music services (such as Napster and Rhapsody) in that the files available for download are in the MP3 format, making them fully compatible with all digital music players, and free from digital rights management software restriction. In the past, the biggest four record labels were uninterested in the service because it has no DRM, and a low price model. This lead eMusic

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