Even More on Copyright
This is interesting - even as asinine new copyright proposals get floated, there are signs that DRM for audio is dying the death from a thousand cuts: Amazon is joining the party:
"Our MP3-only strategy means all the music that customers buy on Amazon is always DRM-free and plays on any device," Jeff Bezos, Amazon's chief executive, said in a statement. Users will be able to play their music on virtually any device, including PCs, iPods, Zunes and Zens, as well as burn the songs on CDs for personal use.
Someone explain this to the CTO of HBO - but be sure to use small words.
Comments
What about quality?
[] May 16, 2007 19:59:54.724
MP3 only would mean no CDs right?
Remember when CDs first came out and people bemoaned the loss of quality over vinyl? Personally I preferred the click pop free sound - but I had crap audio gear at the time.
Currently CDs do sound much but than MP3s on a good audio system. Funny how convenience has wiped out the quality sound requirement. Even finding well recorded CDs is a task as most sound compressed anyway. So sad.
bit rate
[ James Robertson] May 16, 2007 20:29:22.537
Comment by James Robertson
iirc, the bit rate matters, while the specific format (mp3, aac, etc) matters less.