Vodafone signs Omnifone's MusicStation service for UK

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enemes @ Sep 11th 2007 10:18AM

and what about the music you buy from iTunes in case you decide to switch platform? Please, don't unfairly judge subscription model. If Apple doesn't support it, it doesn't mean it's bad.

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Jaunty @ Sep 11th 2007 10:27AM

You've burnt it all to cds as a back up and do whatever you want with it.

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enemes @ Sep 11th 2007 10:49AM

@Jaunty
> You've burnt it all to cds as a back up and do whatever you want with it.

yeah, and already crappy quality tracks are even worse quality? No thanks. BTW, you can do the same with subscription based tracks. But it's all the same issue.

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Thomas Ricker @ Sep 11th 2007 11:44AM

@enemes,

This has nothing to do with supporting Apple vs. others. It's about purchase-to-own vs. subscription (aka, rental).

You can purchase higher-quality, DRM-free tracks from several on-line retailers now, including Apple.

However, If you go FairPlay DRM and switch to a non-iPod player there are still tools to strip the DRM including the ol' CD trick as pointed out by Jaunty. That's FairUse. There are also tools to strip the DRM from subscription "purchases." However, if you do that, you are stealing since you never actually own the content under the terms of a subscription model.

Thomas

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