Mar
9
Briefly: Swap CDs through the mail, Rundfunker WLAN radio, Y! Music GM vs DRM
- Music swapping through the mail: La la Media plans to set up a platform where users pay $1.49 to swap compact discs with each other (a buck goes to La la Media and the rest covers shipping). Expect to hear from RIAA’s lawyers soon. Michael Arrington has a bit more. [via]
- Rundfunker, the WLAN radio: scans your wireless network for MP3s, allows you to listen to your picks using the front mounted rotary encoder and LCD. The software features a web interface, and there’s also a remote to let you handle things from a distance. A great write up on this neat project.
- Y! Music General Manager to the labels: ‘No DRM, please’: not that we have a chance to see something like this anytime soon, but it’s comforting to know that people like Dave Goldberg, who maintain high positions in this business of selling music, don’t think of us as thieves. I’d also like to note the following quote (unrelated to the DRM issue) from Ian C Rogers’ writeup:
The playlist is key to Yahoo! adding value to digital music; it’s a unit of currency for users to create and share music with each other. Dave also gave a nod to Web 2.0 at Music 2.0, pointing to Web services as a way we will go “beyond the media player” with our music offerings this year.
Cf. “Yahoo! acquires playlist-sharing site Webjay” from about two months ago.
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