What program do you use to acquire music?

shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
edited December 2004 in Internet & Media
I'm talking legally here, folks. Lately I've been using iTunes, but it's kind of a hastle to remove the DRM on the .m4p files so I can play it in winamp (so I of course do not remove the DRM, because it is illegal as well.). What other options are there? List the price if you can:

iTunes .99 c / song, cheaper per song if you buy the entire album.

Comments

  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited December 2004
    Best Buy $12 per CD :D
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    but I'd have to leave the warm, but non-harsh glow of my lcd screens :(
  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    Going outside is overrated. ;D
  • madmatmadmat
    edited December 2004
    Wal-Mart sells MP3's for 98c each, dunno if they're copy protected though.
  • Access_DeniedAccess_Denied tennessee
    edited December 2004
    try www.windowsmedia.com they got about anything there.... iv spent almost all day downloading Final fantasy 7 Mp3's.. lol

    yea im a dork so what ;D
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    I think iTunes is the best. That's what I use.
  • CammanCamman NEW! England Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    I use MSN Music, great sound quality, fast downloads, and 99c just like all the other major ones.

    Is it legal to remove the DRM on a file? Only reason I ask is because it sucks because I buy a lot of music on MSN but because of DRM I can't burn them to my MiniDisc.....these companies need to stop fighting with each other on who's gonna sell the service and allow them to be interoperable, because I'm not switching over to "Sony Connect Store" just to put music on my MiniDisc, especially where I have so many purchased WMA files now

    but anyway, yeah MSN Music is my pick
    http://music.msn.com/

    I tried iTunes, seems like a decent service, but more devices support WMA than support AAC and I'm just not a big Apple fan so I didn't really want to give them my money, but the sound files are good quality, and they have high quality 30 sec previews (MSNMusic does as well).
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited December 2004
    Along these lines, I have a niece in Japan who I would like to send some music as a little last-minute Christmas gift. It's her first Christmas away from home and she's really homesick.

    Is there a way for me to pay by CC at my end, then send her a username/pw so she can d/l the prepaid tunes?

    I hope I'm not 'jacking your thread, shwaip. :)
  • CammanCamman NEW! England Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    I know both MSN Music and iTunes allow you to give like virtual gift certificates that are redeemable in both their online stores for tunes
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    Thanks to the DMCA, it's illegal to remove any DRM from any content that has it.

    As for my drop in the hat.. Erm.. I'd violate SM's terms of use. ;)
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    prof:

    here's a link to itunes's gift certificate thing:

    http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?family=iTMSCardsCertificates
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited December 2004
    Thanks, shwaip. The music is on its way. :)
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    no problemo :p
  • KwitkoKwitko Sheriff of Banning (Retired) By the thing near the stuff Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    shwaip wrote:
    I'm talking legally here, folks. Lately I've been using iTunes, but it's kind of a hastle to remove the DRM on the .m4p files so I can play it in winamp (so I of course do not remove the DRM, because it is illegal as well.).

    A plugin for playing iTunes tracks in WinAMP!
  • fatcatfatcat Mizzou Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    itunes + ipod

    works well for me :thumbsup:
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited December 2004
    shwaip wrote:
    I'm talking legally here, folks. Lately I've been using iTunes, but it's kind of a hastle to remove the DRM on the .m4p files so I can play it in winamp (so I of course do not remove the DRM, because it is illegal as well.). What other options are there? List the price if you can:

    iTunes .99 c / song, cheaper per song if you buy the entire album.

    www.allofmp3.com

    :) for $0.10 u can get like half a cd :D
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    Kwitko wrote:
    A plugin for playing iTunes tracks in WinAMP!

    thanks.

    GrayFox wrote:


    www.allofmp3.com

    for $0.10 u can get like half a cd
    from allofmp3.com wrote:
    Users are responsible for any usage and distribution of all materials received from AllOFMP3.com. This responsibility depends on the local legislation of each user's country of residence. AllOFMP3.com's Administration does not keep up with the laws of different countries and is not responsible the actions of non-Russian users.

    you're basically paying for nothing. If the RIAA/other wanted to bust you, you'd likely have no ground to stand on.
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