itunes

[montage]

99pence a song - and they complain about people illegally downloading?

 

[Gasman]

Try http://www.gomusicnow.com. 9 cents per download and quite legal (technically).

 

[Panter]

Has it gone up, I thought they were 79p?

 

[LeeW]

I stopped using Itunes as their downloads are in a DRM infested proprietary format and you can only play them on an Ipod and not any other make of player unless you crack the DRM. I now use 7digital for my music downloads which provide plain Mp3 files which can be played on almost any player.

 

[Coco]

Try http://www.gomusicnow.com. 9 cents per download and quite legal (technically).

I'd be very wary of giving my credit card details to a Russian site.

 

[potsy]

I stopped using Itunes as their downloads are in a DRM infested proprietary format and you can only play them on an Ipod and not any other make of player unless you crack the DRM. I now use 7digital for my music downloads which provide plain Mp3 files which can be played on almost any player.

i-tunes downloads can now be played on other mp3 players as they have disabled the drm.Probably why they have put their prices up.
I stopped using them some months ago,but don't ask where I now go.

 

[PBancroft]

um... I dunno. 99p a song - about the cost of one and a half Mars bars - seems quite reasonable for something which takes a large group of people several months to produce. I'd prefer a system where the revenue goes direct to the artist and team involved, but I can't help but think that would possibly be more costly to implement than the current way.

 

[ianrauk]

as per Kaipath, 99p for something that could own and enjoy for the rest of your life is fair cheap in my opinion.

 

[LeeW]

I'd be very wary of giving my credit card details to a Russian site.

I'd also doubt weather any of the money even went to the people who made the song. You might as well just get the song from a file sharing network.

 

[ACW]

I listen to music on spotify and if i like it i buy the cd, mine forever and if you pc/ipod goes tits up you can always start again

 

[LeeW]

if you pc/ipod goes tits up you can always start again

That is why I burn my downloads to cd's. I don't buy CDs very often as it is normally only one or a few tracks I want rather than a whole album.

 

[longers]

I like using the itunes software on the computer because I've bought some crap over the years yet it doesn't sound too bad on shuffle.

 

[bauldbairn]

I listen to music on spotify and if i like it i buy the cd, mine forever and if you pc/ipod goes tits up you can always start again

+1 for spotify, then buying CD's.

 

[Gasman]

Alternatively, Tunebite will chew through the DRM and turn tracks from iTunes or Napster into mp3s.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I can't see why you'd object to paying for the music you enjoy.

Good value compared to a lot of crap we have to put up with - the BBC, MPs, beetroot, etc.

Pay up you cheap bums!!