Getting Legal Music, Part 2: Finding DRM-Free Music Online
We’ve established that it can be challenging to obtain music legally in a way that appeals to consumers. In Part 1, we discussed some of the options that exist for buying music, and the pros/cons of each avenue. I concluded by sharing my personal sentiment that buying DRM-free music is the only suitable option, and that when it’s not possible to purchase this straight from the artist/label, a number of digital stores should be
Getting Legal Music, Part 1: The Options
There’s a lot of controversy going on in the music industry right now: Music piracy, waning album sales, Digital Rights Management (DRM), and ever-increasing cases of litigation against filesharers seem to fill the headlines. Fans of music today are faced with a seemingly simple choice: Purchase all of their music via legal, “acceptable” means, or obtain it illegally through any number of (possibly risky) channels.
I’m not going to go into a long and frustrating
