http://gizbuzz.co.uk/2006/mandriva-linux-to-include-music-download-service-without-drm/ Technology, Computers, Web 2.0, Google, Microsoft, and just about anything else Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:15:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://gizbuzz.co.uk/2006/mandriva-linux-to-include-music-download-service-without-drm/#comment-25 Huw Sat, 25 Feb 2006 20:20:00 +0000 http://gizbuzz.co.uk/?p=68#comment-25 Interesting idea - obviously it's not new as a concept - Linux users can use services such as eMusic (uses unprotected MP3 format) as far as I know. What is new is the use of OS formats, like Ogg Vorbis, and that will act both as a bonus to some proprietry format-hating Linux users, and as a difficulty, as there are few music/media players which support the format. Interesting idea - obviously it’s not new as a concept - Linux users can use services such as eMusic (uses unprotected MP3 format) as far as I know. What is new is the use of OS formats, like Ogg Vorbis, and that will act both as a bonus to some proprietry format-hating Linux users, and as a difficulty, as there are few music/media players which support the format.

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