Re: "Ruckus" music service at Cornell

[Beth Skwarecki <]

On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 10:32:43AM -0400, Mitch Wiedemann wrote:
> So, Free Software users,  is there a DRM-free online music service you 
> prefer?  Most of my collection came from hundreds of CDs piled up in my 
> office at home, but occasionally I'd like to be able to pop online and 
> quickly find and download (preferably legally) a DRM-free song or two.  
> What are our options?  Has anyone tried the new Amazon service?

I'm a big fan and longtime happy customer of emusic.com . Songs are about 25
cents apiece (you pay a monthly fee for a certain number of downloads, which
disappear if you don't use them) and while they don't have a lot of Top 40
stuff, there's tons of great jazz, indie music, They Might Be Giants, etc.

Amazon is also an option - my husband downloaded a few tunes from them.
Pricier, but they have songs that emusic doesn't, and they don't require a
subscription.

Both services allow you to listen to a 30-second mp3/m3u sample before
committing to download a track.

-beth

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