DRM - The way to alienate your paying customers
Call me old fashioned but I like to have a high quality hard copy of my music.
If I then wish to have it in digital format, on WHATEVER player, I can make it so. This is my choice as I see it.
I have resisted since the beginning downloading any form of digital music as it is poorer audio quality and locked and into a format (which I may not want)
Transforming the file into another format results in even more loss of audio quality.
Cue yesterday, I am pressured into downloading 2 audio tracks by one of the children.
As I browse the store, again I fail to see the incentive @ £0.79 a track times the number of tracks on the average album 12 = £ 9.48.
I can buy CD's for less than this !
The music industry argument for the expense of CD's in this country has always been: costs, distribution, printing, cases and the actual CD blah blah blah.
Take most of these costs away and the price per track is more ?????
Hosting files must cost a fraction of distributing a CD.
What gives ?
As I proceed any (against my better judgment) I download the tracks from an unnamed but reputable site.
As I attempt to burn to CD (as this is the medium needed), I am told I am not allowed to do this.
WHY ?
I have paid for the music so therefore it is mine to listen to wherever and however I like.
I guess I will not be participating in this venture again in the near future
Another customer lost