Gservo
30th May 2002, 01:30 PM
After years of trying, some record companies might have finally figured out how to take advantage of digital music on the Internet. In a joint project, Maverick Records and Vivendi Universal's online division are offering a music single from one of their artists on MP3 for 99 cents as a test. The single is a song called "Earth" by Meshell Ndegeocello and will be offered on Vivendi Universal sites such as MP3.com, RollingStone.com, GetMusic, and MP4.com. Customers will be able to do whatever they want with the unprotected MP3 file, including burning it to CD or transferring it to a portable music device. Maybe we'll see more music released online this way. We're certainly willing to pay 99 cents for an unrestricted digital copy of a song we just heard on the radio.
MORE MUSIC FUN FOR LESS THAN A DOLLAR
Record companies are investing millions of dollars in developing and implementing copy protection for music CDs that would prevent users from listening to music CDs on their PCs and copying the music to digital music formats such as MP3 or Windows Media Audio (WMA). The copy protection is starting to appear in many new CDs released in stores. But people soon figured out a way around the protection: a simple felt-tipped marker. Just color in the edge of the disk with a cheap felt-tipped marker, and you can once again do what you please with the music you purchased. Condoning piracy? Absolutely not. Protecting your right to listen to the music you legally purchased, wherever and however you want? You bet.
MORE MUSIC FUN FOR LESS THAN A DOLLAR
Record companies are investing millions of dollars in developing and implementing copy protection for music CDs that would prevent users from listening to music CDs on their PCs and copying the music to digital music formats such as MP3 or Windows Media Audio (WMA). The copy protection is starting to appear in many new CDs released in stores. But people soon figured out a way around the protection: a simple felt-tipped marker. Just color in the edge of the disk with a cheap felt-tipped marker, and you can once again do what you please with the music you purchased. Condoning piracy? Absolutely not. Protecting your right to listen to the music you legally purchased, wherever and however you want? You bet.