On Ebay today they had 560 items for The Hip.
A whole bunch were digital downloads - do The Hip get any money from this or is it a scam?
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Looks legit to me - right down to the "no international sales due to licensing restrictions".
I imagine the record company gets a bigger cut than the Hip do. I read somewhere that Apple only makes a few cents from each 99 cent track sold on iTunes, which means the bulk of it is going to the record company for them to do their magic accounting with.
Wow, I honestly have no idea. This whole issue is so complicated, but it looks like he's made a ton of sales doing it so EBay must not have a problem with it.
This is interesting though:
"The digital music offered in this auction includes the following usage rights:
• Burn 10 copies to CD
• Transfer to 5 computers
• Transfer an unlimited number of times to your portable digital music player"
I wonder how they came up with that, and how on earth that could be 'enforced'?
My Postings At Work Wrote:Wow, I honestly have no idea. This whole issue is so complicated, but it looks like he's made a ton of sales doing it so EBay must not have a problem with it.
This is interesting though:
"The digital music offered in this auction includes the following usage rights:
• Burn 10 copies to CD
• Transfer to 5 computers
• Transfer an unlimited number of times to your portable digital music player"
I wonder how they came up with that, and how on earth that could be 'enforced'?
Same way it is enforced with iTunes. Digital Rights Management.
cferneyh Wrote:My Postings At Work Wrote:Wow, I honestly have no idea. This whole issue is so complicated, but it looks like he's made a ton of sales doing it so EBay must not have a problem with it.
This is interesting though:
"The digital music offered in this auction includes the following usage rights:
• Burn 10 copies to CD
• Transfer to 5 computers
• Transfer an unlimited number of times to your portable digital music player"
I wonder how they came up with that, and how on earth that could be 'enforced'?
Same way it is enforced with iTunes. Digital Rights Management.
I don't have anything iTunes related so I still don't know what that means.
My Postings At Work Wrote:I don't have anything iTunes related so I still don't know what that means.
Simply put there is technology that controls how many different computers "legally" downloaded music files can be played on, and how many times that file can be burned to a CD.
Technically speaking.....
Digital rights management (DRM) is the umbrella term referring to any of several technologies used to enforce pre-defined policies controlling access to software, music, movies, or other digital data. In more technical terms, DRM handles the description, layering, analysis, valuation, trading and monitoring of the rights held over a digital work. In the widest possible sense, the term refers to any such management.
Windows Media DRM is a digital rights management service for the Windows Media platform. It is designed to provide secure delivery of audio and/or video content over a IP network, to a PC or device.
WMDRM includes the following components:
- Windows Media Rights Manager (WMRM) SDK for packaging content and issuing licenses
- Windows Media Format SDK (WMF SDK) for building Windows applications which support DRM and the Windows Media format
- Windows Media DRM for Portable Devices (WMDRM-PD) for supporting offline playback on portable devices
- Windows Media DRM for Network Devices (WMDRM-ND) for streaming protected content to devices attached to a home network
cferneyh Wrote:My Postings At Work Wrote:I don't have anything iTunes related so I still don't know what that means.
Simply put there is technology that controls how many different computers "legally" downloaded music files can be played on, and how many times that file can be burned to a CD.
First of all... I'm not a fan, and I'm surprised that they'd shut out Mac users:
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And lastly, DRM is "attached" to every piece of music you buy - digital or on disc from your local CD shop...
I wouldn't support them anyway:
cferneyh Wrote:Simply put there is technology that controls how many different computers "legally" downloaded music files can be played on, and how many times that file can be burned to a CD.
Technically speaking.....
Digital rights management (DRM) is the umbrella term referring to any of several technologies used to enforce pre-defined policies controlling access to software, music, movies, or other digital data. In more technical terms, DRM handles the description, layering, analysis, valuation, trading and monitoring of the rights held over a digital work. In the widest possible sense, the term refers to any such management.
Windows Media DRM is a digital rights management service for the Windows Media platform. It is designed to provide secure delivery of audio and/or video content over a IP network, to a PC or device.
WMDRM includes the following components:
- Windows Media Rights Manager (WMRM) SDK for packaging content and issuing licenses
- Windows Media Format SDK (WMF SDK) for building Windows applications which support DRM and the Windows Media format
- Windows Media DRM for Portable Devices (WMDRM-PD) for supporting offline playback on portable devices
- Windows Media DRM for Network Devices (WMDRM-ND) for streaming protected content to devices attached to a home network
You should apply for a job at Wikipedia. Very well-written! :thumb:
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