[BC] Re: downloading music

[Xmitters@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/7/07 12:13:42 PM Central Daylight Time, 
broadcast-request at radiolists.net writes:

<< Apple's just signed an agreement with EMI to sell their music on the  iTunes
 Music Store without DRM; files rumored to be AAC at 256kbps.  AAC at this data
 rate would be nearly indistiguishable from a WAV  file (even iTMS' current 128
kbps AAC sounds pretty good). They'll  cost $1.29 per song, $9.99 per album and
, with no data protection  key, not a bad deal. Due to reduced file size, downl
oading such a  file is about five times faster than WAV files.    That's just A
pple and EMI. If you're patient, the other labels and  online services will cer
tainly follow in the near future. Maybe  someone will even offer loss-less file
s.    David P. Reaves, III   >>

Dave:

Are these agreements going to cover all music that is "still in print" or is 
it just for the new crap, I mean stuff?





Jeff Glass
Northern Illinois University

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