Posts Tagged ‘DRM-Free music’

TELUS offering DRM-free music tracks

February 10th, 2010 Cliff Riseborough

TELUS has announced today in a press release that they are Canada’s first wireless carrier to offer customers DRM free music tracks.

Any track purchased from the TELUS Music store will be transferrable between any and all electronics devices (computers, mp3 players, cell phones, etc.) without any problem.

"TELUS is the first carrier in Canada offering true freedom of choice to all music lovers in Canada," said David Neale, Chief Futurist and senior vice-president Strategic Content Services at TELUS. "The availability of DRM-free music from TELUS means our clients can now easily move their music between their devices for a simpler, seamless experience. Today’s announcement demonstrates our ongoing commitment to making music available any time, anywhere, and ensures a superior customer experience for TELUS customers."

As this is a new move by TELUS Music, previously purchased tracks are not DRM free. They can be ‘upgraded’ to the DRM free model at a cost of $0.30 per track.

Purchasing new tracks on the store costs between $0.69-$1.29, with albums also available for sale. An unlimited service is also available for $20 per month. The TELUS Music store can be found here.

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Yes, You Can Make Money Giving Away Songs For Free

January 25th, 2010 Kathy McGraw

Music Energy (+clipping path, XXL)

 

While the RIAA may have you believe that every single file-sharer out there is nothing but a dirty pirate who just wants everything for free, there are some artists and labels out there who embrace the concept of file-sharing and are using it to bump up revenues.

The most noted example is Trent Reznor, the front man for Nine Inch Nails. He has easily made $1.6 million on his last release, all the while giving away his music for free. How has he done this? By connecting with his fans and giving them a reason to buy his albums by offering something unique and at a reasonable price. For example, you can get a two CD set for just $10, or a boxed set for $75, which includes the CDs, a DVD, a Blu-ray, and a photobook. 

Reznor doesn’t worry about licensing or DRM and he’s not busy making enemies of his fans by suing them or calling them pirates and thieves. Instead, he embraces his fans and encourages them to connect with him and each other. Read more about Reznor and other artists like him here.

Now think about the RIAA and pretty much how universally hated they are as an organization. If they would just take a page out of Reznor’s book, they could be laughing all the way to the bank, too.

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Watch An Ad, Download A DRM-Free Song

January 19th, 2010 Kathy McGraw

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Ars Technica reports that FreeAllMusic.com, an ad supported  music downloading service, signed an agreement with the music label EMI.  Read the article here.

My first reaction to the idea of having to watch an ad to download a song was a rather harsh “no way, dude!” But then I thought about it and it didn’t sound that bad. I mean, for the mere inconvenience of watching a 30 second ad, you get a free song that is free of any sort of DRM, you know, that stuff that makes it hard to back up your music and to transfer your music to your mp3 player, etc.

The songs that FreeAllMusic will be offering won’t be from unheard of bands, or poor knock-offs, either.  With signed contracts with EMI and Universal Music Group, it will have an assortment of songs by many of today’s popular artists.

We’ll have to see how this plays out, but it sounds pretty promising. The trade-off of a little bit of time to be able to download digital music with full ownership rights seems pretty small.

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