Sony BMG releases song without copy-protection

[Bellamy]

Sony BMG releases customized song without copy-protection

 

Santa Clara (CA) - For the first time in legal music download history, there is a song from a major artists that actually sells without digital rights management (DRM). In a rather surprising move, Sony BMG released Jessica Simpson's "A Public Affair" went on sale for $2 this week at Yahoo Music without add-on that ties the song to a specific download service and prevents unauthorized duplication of the song.

 

Don't expect more commercial online music to drop DRM in favor of a higher price anytime soon. As you might imagine there's a reason for Sony BMG's decision: There are 500 different versions of the song, each customized with a specific name Simpson fans can order. According to a report published on USA Today's website, it would have been too difficult for Sony BMG to release all 500 songs with a copy-protection scheme.

 

 

While the label downplays the importance of the deal, Yahoo Music's Ian Rogers sees a trend: "As you know, we've been publicly trying to convince record labels that they should be selling MP3s for a while now." In a shot at closed platforms such as Apple's Itunes, Rogers argues that "DRM doesn't add any value for the artist, label (who are selling DRM-free music every day - the Compact Disc), or consumer, the only people it adds value to are the technology companies who are interested in locking consumers to a particular technology platform."

 

"Un-DRM'd content is implicitly more valuable to a consumer," Rogers said.

Source: http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/07/21/jessica_...on_without_drm/

 

 

Yahoo! offering up an unrestricted $1.99 MP3 download

 

It's not like some sort of DRM floodgate has been unlocked, and now unrestricted files flow freely from the Yahoo! Music vaults, but one unrestricted MP3 file has made its way onto their site, so we're going to milk it for all its worth. The song, "A Public Affair" by Jessica Simpson, can be "personalized" by choosing your name before downloading, which gets yourself inserted into the lyrics. If you'd rather not have Jessica singing your name, you can at least sit on the sidelines with us and debate the ramifications of the release. Yahoo! Music's official blog discusses the future of unprotected MP3 releases, stating the premium price was for the custom content, and mulls over the possibility of a $1.09 price point for straight up MP3 files. They don't see much hope of getting the labels to go for it just yet, but with experiments like this it shows we at least have Yahoo! on our side trying to make the music market more of a free one.

Source: http://homeentertainment.engadget.com/2006...9-mp3-download/

 

http://music.yahoo.com/jessicaforyou/

[Céline's Blues]

Do you think she sang one with Sainkho's name?

[catwomanrrr]

500 different versions?

 

What a waste of time for a crappy artist with a crappy song!

[Bellamy]

I bet all the 500 versions are identically crap.

[Krys]

crazy idea...

[Celine-Express]

[celinerific]

500 different versions?

 

What a waste of time for a crappy artist with a crappy song!

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LMFAO!!

[Clari]

Wow.... Celine should sing our names.

[Bellamy]

Wow.... Celine should sing our names.

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wow, there's Clarissa version. too bad there isn't my name.

[catwomanrrr]

OMG, I hate this song so much!!!!! :lmao:

 

AND The video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB1XJGDSLTE

It's her with Eva Longwhoria and Christina Miliana and Christina Applegate acting like the snottiest snobs and she ends up stealing someone else's man at the end. She was a hypocrite from the very beginning of her career and I guess she's going to live up to that name from now on.

[celinerific]

Eva Longwhoria

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I would love to edit her last name.

Edited July 26, 2006 at 02:09 AM by celines_daughter