So, I tried PressPlay (ya, know the legal file-sharing system devised the labels). Weak!! If you pay $10 a month you get unlimited downloads. However, the bit rate is 128!!! Horrible. If you are going to pay for the music, the bit rate should be at least 256 or 320! This greatly affects the sound quality when you put the songs through any kind of sound system, in your car, etc. A lower bit rate sounds decent in headphones. And there's a $1 charge (per song) to get the WMA file to be able to burned on CD!! Weak.
As I ranted last week in the Nightly Music News, the labels in the U.S. treat the music customer like their sworn enemy. No wonder record sales are down.
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