Comments on: BigPond Music Selling DRM-Free MP3 Tracks From Big Four Record Labels http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/08/bigpond_music_selling_drmfree_mp3_tracks_from_big_four_record_labels/ the Gadget Guide | Technology and consumer electronics news and reviews Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:19:01 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Gregory Opera http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/08/bigpond_music_selling_drmfree_mp3_tracks_from_big_four_record_labels/comment-page-1/#comment-10441 Gregory Opera Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:28:32 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/08/bigpond_music_selling_drmfree_mp3_tracks_from_big_four_record_labels.html#comment-10441 <p>Sony's "bandit.fm" online music store (see http://www.bandit.fm) has been offering DRM-free music since about the same time (aprox. August 2008).</p> <p><br /> So Amazon.com, Bandit.fm (by Sony) and even our own BigPond Music (by Telstra) are offering DRM-free music, yet Apple's iTunes still protects their music by digital rights...</p> <p>Interesting.</p> <p><br /> As I've been saying for years, DRM-free music is the way forward, encouraging digital purchases and (hopefully) minimizing piracy...</p> Sony’s “bandit.fm” online music store (see http://www.bandit.fm) has been offering DRM-free music since about the same time (aprox. August 2008).

So Amazon.com, Bandit.fm (by Sony) and even our own BigPond Music (by Telstra) are offering DRM-free music, yet Apple’s iTunes still protects their music by digital rights…

Interesting.

As I’ve been saying for years, DRM-free music is the way forward, encouraging digital purchases and (hopefully) minimizing piracy…

]]> By: caseyg http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/08/bigpond_music_selling_drmfree_mp3_tracks_from_big_four_record_labels/comment-page-1/#comment-10440 caseyg Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:33:21 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/08/bigpond_music_selling_drmfree_mp3_tracks_from_big_four_record_labels.html#comment-10440 <p>Are they just releasing their new tracks in mp3s, or are they going back through their existing catalogue and encoding those into mp3 too?</p> Are they just releasing their new tracks in mp3s, or are they going back through their existing catalogue and encoding those into mp3 too?

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