[plug] New Mandriva service - music

[Shanon]

That IS interesting.  I have done some research in DRM for online music systems
in Linux and I like it how they have just 'stepped around' DRM instead of using
it.  That guarantees no major music labels ever through their system, as record
labels are very touchy about DRM in digital songs.

Who knows if it will be beneficial to Mandriva Linux or not - i guess they've
just included Mindawn to keep up.  Linspire has signed up for itunes hasnt it?


Quoting Richard Meyer <meyerri at westnet.com.au>:

> Just got my Mandriva newsletter, and thought you guys might show a
> certain amount of interest in the following.
> 
> It'll certainly make Mandriva look more useful as a desktop replacement
> than Linux usually looks to the uninitiated.
> 
> > Mandriva to offer paid music download service with Mindawn
> > 
> > Mandriva recently announced a partnership with the Mindawn music
> > download service. Future commercial copies of Mandriva Linux 2006
> > will be bundled with software allowing users easy access to Mindawn's
> > online store, which unlike most of its competitors offers a variety of
> > music in the high-quality, open source FLAC (lossless) and Ogg Vorbis
> > (lossy) compression formats. This marks the first such partnership
> > between a major Linux desktop and an online music service. You can
> > read more about the deal and the services provided by Mindawn in the
> > press release.
> >
>
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/en/company/press/pr/mandriva_2006_to_offer_online_music_service_feature_through_mindawn
> > 
> > 
> -- 
> Richard Meyer <meyerri at westnet.com.au>
> 
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~Shanon
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