I used there service last night. 256kbit music files. No need for their software as you can buy directly from their website. After signing up with them they are giving a free download of any album that cost 9.99 Also albums or singles can be downloaded as a zip file or you can download their installer which will automatically add your albums or singles to iTunes. I got Velvet Revolver's album, "Contraband" for free.
What's the betting that when it arrives in the UK that 99 cents has morphed into 79 pence but the same server is used to deliver them worldwide
What's the betting also that a 'premium' service is launched where you can get 256kbps versions (which are upsampled-on-the-fly 128k tracks so no quality increase) and are 99 pence per track
What's the betting also that from 5.5 million tracks there's none of the ones that I want e.g. KS's UE
However all academic since no Real products allowed on my comp.
Unless the service is available in the UK, I'm not really interested. So far iTunes+ and 7Digital are the online music sites I use; sadly only partial catalogues are available. Some day music publishers will realise they cannot sell us the same crap in new packaged media and they should just be happy they can sell anything at all...
"Music Without Limits" indeed? So I'm guessing that both Real and The Registrar consider "US Only" as the kind of limit that's not even worth mentioning.
Bite your tongue AC! I'm sure in no time at all shop.com and buy.com and getyercraphere.com and a gibizillion other shopper sites will be doing just what you want. You won't even be able to actually FIND the song you want but you'll be able to find a googleful of dead links to places that linked to a place you could buy it a year ago.
Real researchers discover 'Music Without Limits'
Eddie Johnson
Bitrates? #
Posted Monday 30th June 2008 21:04 GMT
Bitrates?
Cuz if this is 128kbit crap as I suspect.... there are plenty of limitations!
How bout going beyond the corporate press release and actually doing a little.... journalism?
Tom Chiverton
Yawn #
Posted Monday 30th June 2008 21:23 GMT
Come back when it runs in the UK
thomas k.
Real Player? #
Posted Monday 30th June 2008 22:06 GMT
Do you have to have Real Player installed to buy these tunes? 'Cause that's a deal-breaker.
Geoff Mackenzie
Music Without Limits #
Posted Tuesday 1st July 2008 09:15 GMT
FLAC files from BitTorrent.
Ash
@Eddie Johnson #
Posted Tuesday 1st July 2008 09:15 GMT
Relax, guy! This is El Reg! The Daily Star of IT news!
If you're expecting more technical data than the cup size of the Eee Girl, then i'm afraid you're in the wrong place.
Paris, as even she can Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V a press release.
Kelan McGuire
Pretty Good #
Posted Tuesday 1st July 2008 09:18 GMT
I used there service last night. 256kbit music files. No need for their software as you can buy directly from their website. After signing up with them they are giving a free download of any album that cost 9.99 Also albums or singles can be downloaded as a zip file or you can download their installer which will automatically add your albums or singles to iTunes. I got Velvet Revolver's album, "Contraband" for free.
ShaggyDoggy
Pricing #
Posted Tuesday 1st July 2008 09:18 GMT
What's the betting that when it arrives in the UK that 99 cents has morphed into 79 pence but the same server is used to deliver them worldwide
What's the betting also that a 'premium' service is launched where you can get 256kbps versions (which are upsampled-on-the-fly 128k tracks so no quality increase) and are 99 pence per track
What's the betting also that from 5.5 million tracks there's none of the ones that I want e.g. KS's UE
However all academic since no Real products allowed on my comp.
Gordon Stewart
Dollar = Pound #
Posted Tuesday 1st July 2008 09:18 GMT
Of course, it this ever does come to the UK, they will simply change the $ for a £ - too expensive.
Liam
yup... #
Posted Tuesday 1st July 2008 09:18 GMT
if realplayer is a requirement then count us out. we also only want decent bitrates!
Anonymous Coward
That is all. #
Posted Tuesday 1st July 2008 09:57 GMT
Thank you.
Sean Aaron
What is the point? #
Posted Tuesday 1st July 2008 10:46 GMT
Unless the service is available in the UK, I'm not really interested. So far iTunes+ and 7Digital are the online music sites I use; sadly only partial catalogues are available. Some day music publishers will realise they cannot sell us the same crap in new packaged media and they should just be happy they can sell anything at all...
Gav
Errr... Without Limits? #
Posted Tuesday 1st July 2008 11:19 GMT
"Music Without Limits" indeed? So I'm guessing that both Real and The Registrar consider "US Only" as the kind of limit that's not even worth mentioning.
CJ
US = World #
Posted Tuesday 1st July 2008 11:54 GMT
So they're still not acknowledging that there are other countries in the world, apart from the US?
Even the UK has better luck than poor old SA....
I'd be quite happy to buy tracks online, even at US prices, if only one of these big DRM-free sellers would let me!
Anonymous Coward
Time for a new Google search? #
Posted Tuesday 1st July 2008 19:17 GMT
When there was just itunes, it was easy -- if itunes didn't have it, then it wasn't available.
Now, you have to search half a dozen sites just to find out that something isn't available.
Isn't it time Google stepped in and created a homogenous downloads search, so that we can do just ONE search and see which sites have it?
Eddie Johnson
@AC #
Posted Tuesday 1st July 2008 23:36 GMT
Bite your tongue AC! I'm sure in no time at all shop.com and buy.com and getyercraphere.com and a gibizillion other shopper sites will be doing just what you want. You won't even be able to actually FIND the song you want but you'll be able to find a googleful of dead links to places that linked to a place you could buy it a year ago.
Fire pretty. Web 2.0 bad.
Midas
Fit summation #
Posted Monday 7th July 2008 15:39 GMT
@Geoff Mackenzie:
I'll second that (old allofmp3.com came real close in the monetized field).
@Ash:
I couldn't have said it better. Thanks for clearing my head.
The alienhead 'cause the truth is in here... Now what was that cupsize?