http://mymediamusings.com/2009/07/22/billboard-drops-paywall-adds-streaming-for-a-dime/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:51:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://mymediamusings.com/2009/07/22/billboard-drops-paywall-adds-streaming-for-a-dime/comment-page-1/#comment-7421 Joe Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:33:47 +0000 http://mymediamusings.com/?p=1948#comment-7421 From Billboard.com (via Lala.com), you can download MP3s ($0.89 to $1.29) or you can buy web songs for $.10 that you can streaming from a web browser. Unlike iTunes, you can listen to a full length song preview instead of just 0:30. Also, the MP3 downloads are DRM-free. From Billboard.com (via Lala.com), you can download MP3s ($0.89 to $1.29) or you can buy web songs for $.10 that you can streaming from a web browser. Unlike iTunes, you can listen to a full length song preview instead of just 0:30. Also, the MP3 downloads are DRM-free.

]]> http://mymediamusings.com/2009/07/22/billboard-drops-paywall-adds-streaming-for-a-dime/comment-page-1/#comment-7324 Daniel in Denton Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:46:49 +0000 http://mymediamusings.com/?p=1948#comment-7324 I gotta give 'em credit, at least they're trying something. I wouldn't pay them a dime since Pandora lets me hear any song an unlimited amount of times for free -- though admittedly, not on demand. The best way to do music, IMO, is similarly to iTunes, but without forcing people to lock into a single media player. Make songs available in mp3, ogg and WAV formats, no DRM or copy restriction, and charge $0.99 per track. As iTunes proves, there are plenty of people willing to pay for a song. As a Linux user, I can't run iTunes software. The music industry should come to me with universalizable media formats. I gotta give ‘em credit, at least they’re trying something. I wouldn’t pay them a dime since Pandora lets me hear any song an unlimited amount of times for free — though admittedly, not on demand. The best way to do music, IMO, is similarly to iTunes, but without forcing people to lock into a single media player. Make songs available in mp3, ogg and WAV formats, no DRM or copy restriction, and charge $0.99 per track. As iTunes proves, there are plenty of people willing to pay for a song. As a Linux user, I can’t run iTunes software. The music industry should come to me with universalizable media formats.

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