Comments on: The EMusic Experience http://pathfindersoftware.com/2007/01/the_emusic_expe/ The Fastest Way to Launch Successful Software Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:36:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://pathfindersoftware.com/2007/01/the_emusic_expe/#comment-6150 Anonymous Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:00:42 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2007/01/the_emusic_expe/#comment-6150 <p>I've posted quite extensive reply to this post on my blog - <a href="http://www.emusicpicks.com/2007/01/23/emusic-vs-itunes/," rel="nofollow">http://www.emusicpicks.com/2007/01/23/emusic-vs-itunes/,</a> with trackback to this article, but for some reason it didn't make it here.</p> I’ve posted quite extensive reply to this post on my blog – http://www.emusicpicks.com/2007/01/23/emusic-vs-itunes/, with trackback to this article, but for some reason it didn’t make it here.

]]> By: Daniel Aleksandersen http://pathfindersoftware.com/2007/01/the_emusic_expe/#comment-6149 Daniel Aleksandersen Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:49:40 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2007/01/the_emusic_expe/#comment-6149 <p>iTunes Store ha a feature that eMusic lacks: DRM!</p> <p>DRM is a technology that restricts what you can and cannot do with your purchases. As you mention: you can burn eMusic tracks to CDs. But you can also play it on any MP3 capable device. iTunes and music from the iTunes Store are limited to be burned onto a maximum of 5 CDs, and can only playback on Apple hardware (AppleTV, iPhone, iPod, AirTunes, or through iTunes on your computer). These restrictions restrain you from moving away from your iPod and onto a Cowon iAudio. As your songs only will play on the iPod!!</p> <p>iTunes works better and the iTunes store does look and help you find music more easily. But you can never move away from it without loosing all of the music you bought legally from Apple. It's their music ment for their hardware, not yours.</p> iTunes Store ha a feature that eMusic lacks: DRM!

DRM is a technology that restricts what you can and cannot do with your purchases. As you mention: you can burn eMusic tracks to CDs. But you can also play it on any MP3 capable device. iTunes and music from the iTunes Store are limited to be burned onto a maximum of 5 CDs, and can only playback on Apple hardware (AppleTV, iPhone, iPod, AirTunes, or through iTunes on your computer). These restrictions restrain you from moving away from your iPod and onto a Cowon iAudio. As your songs only will play on the iPod!!

iTunes works better and the iTunes store does look and help you find music more easily. But you can never move away from it without loosing all of the music you bought legally from Apple. It’s their music ment for their hardware, not yours.

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