[nabs-l] free music downloads

Thu Jan 8 13:41:55 UTC 2009

Not anymore they're not.  *grin*  Apple is going DRM-free at long last.  
The transition will be complete as of the end of March, they say.  Thirty 
cents to go from a DRM-encrypted track to not DRM-encrypted.  Of course, 
Requiem is still not an Apple-sanctioned solution (they want you to pay).

Pricing will also vary on new tracks based on the blatant extortion of the 
record labels before they'd let Apple do it DRM-free.  I was sure that'd 
happen eventually.  They're all reasonable corporate entities--if enough 
money changes hands, each will do whatever the others want.

Joseph

On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 11:38:27AM -0500, Corbb O'Connor wrote:
> Beth,
>
> What I am referring to is music purchased via the iTunes Music  
> Store...those are encrypted files.
>
> -----
> Corbb O'Connor
> The George Washington University '10
> B.A. Political Communication & Economics
>
> On Jan 7, 2009, at 2:44 AM, Ben J. Bloomgren wrote:
>
> Hello Nijat and many Gushlar,
>
> Itunes does allow MP3 and other filetypes. You need to go into  
> preferences and look for it there.
>
> Ben
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> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] free music downloads
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>
>> Greetings,
>>  I have two questions for anyone on the list that may be able to  
>> answer them.
>>  My first question is concerning Washington Seminar. Does anyone need a 
>> room-mate at Washington Seminar? If you need a room mate, or if you 
>> know of anyone that needs a room mate, please let me know.
>>  Second: I just downloaded JAWS 10.0 on my computer, and I was really 
>> excited that I would be able to use ITunes. However, I have been having 
>> lot of difficulties with it. I downloaded ITunes 8 and I haven't had 
>> very much luck with it. I use my Victor Streem as an IPod, in addition 
>> to reading books on it, and I was wondering if ITunes offers MP3 
>> filetypes, or any other filetypes that might work on the Victor Streem. 
>> JAWS has not been as accessible with ITunes as I expected. I hope it is 
>> just the operator and not the program.
>>  Thank you very much.
>>  At your service,
>>  Nijat
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Corbb O'Connor" <corbbo at gmail.com>
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 11:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] free music downloads
>>
>>
>>> Merisa,
>>>
>>> You can't download YouTube videos directly -- that's sort of the  
>>> magic of the site. You can find an application called the YouTube  
>>> Downloader if you want...but that downloads as video files. I'm a  
>>> strong advocate for legally purchasing music, though. iTunes or  
>>> Amazon are the ones  that I typically use.
>>>
>>> -----
>>> Corbb O'Connor
>>> The George Washington University '10
>>> B.A. Political Communication & Economics
>>>
>>> On Jan 3, 2009, at 7:22 PM, Merisa Musemic wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey Ashley! I also think youtube is a good website. I listen to music
>>> on there all the time, but how do you actually download from there?
>>> Thanks!
>>> Merisa
>>>
>>> On 1/3/09, Ashley  Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>> Not many free music sites because music companies loose money.    
>>>> Youtube is
>>>> the best one I can think of.
>>>> Ashley
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Amy Sabo" <amylsabo at comcast.net>
>>>> To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Cc: <perform-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 5:11 PM
>>>> Subject: [nabs-l] free music downloads
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> hello all,
>>>>>
>>>>> first of all i hope that everyone is having a good year so far!  
>>>>> anyway, i
>>>>> know that there are many web sites thanks by doing a google  
>>>>> search  for
>>>>> free music downloads of albums and songs. i have tried looking  
>>>>> for them
>>>>> and i cannot find the right ones to find. i know of amazon and  
>>>>> use them
>>>>> emensely but, i know that some of you have used these. so, i was  
>>>>> wondering
>>>>>
>>>>> which ones that you guys use and if so the web sites for them?
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks again, and i look forward to hearing from you all soon!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> hugs,
>>>>> from amy
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