We7, a new advertising-backed streaming service with DRM

posted by Eklek

3 months 3 weeks ago • 382 views

The music business will launch a new online music jukebox containing 250.000 tracks in April.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/mar/10/sony.netmusic
The site is backed by Peter Gabriel, SonyBMG.

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written by MarineGunrock

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I asked the internet.

written by cheesemoo

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^indeed
Thanks for the link cheesemoo!

Anyone has a comment on we7 and new initiatives to gain money in a world of digitized media?

I have my doubts about the advertisements added to the mp3s. e.g. I remember they tried this with free phone services with advertisements in between/in the beginning, but it has failed to catch on.

written by Eklek

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For videos, I guess it's not so bad somehow... if I can get the content elsewhere without them, I will. If the only (free) way to get something is to watch a (short) ad, then I don't mind terribly. I just switch tabs and let the ad play in the background while I do something else.

For music though... I don't know how I would like this. Lower-quality audio with forced ads, not really a good deal. I like to just queue a bunch of stuff up in Winamp, and then I'm good to go. The whole point is that I know I have several hours of good, uninterrupted music waiting for me. Honestly, if I wanted to hear a song so badly that I was willing to listen to ads just to hear it, I would either actually buy the song or record the streaming version and edit out the ads, which really isn't worth the trouble.

Maybe some people can go for this, but I can't see a scenario where I would use a service like this.

written by cheesemoo

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