Comments on: Share your music — but not too much http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/14/share-your-music-but-not-too-much/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: í•œRSS http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/14/share-your-music-but-not-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-51199 í•œRSS Mon, 18 Sep 2006 04:38:39 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/14/share-your-music-but-not-too-much/#comment-51199 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] That seems a whole lot smarter to me than rattling the sabres and getting the lawyers all fired up. As James Robertson notes, the “clues aren’t very thick” over there at Universal, it seems. Technorati Tags: copyright, media, universal, Web2.0, youtube 댓글달기 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/15/universal-is-wrong-nbc-is-right/#comments Share your music — but not too much Mathew Ingram 2006-09-15 06:14 작성 | Microsoft, Apple, Music, Apple, iPod, Microsoft, music, share, zune Plenty of chatter about the launch of Microsoft’s Zune — will it kill the iPod, or will it suck? If you’re looking for technical details, Engadget is probably the best place, although the gang at PaidContent have been doing a great job of covering the story. I think the larger screen sounds great and so do some of the other features, but the wireless music sharing is the thing that interests me most. It sounds like a terrific idea — share songs with your friends! — but of course it comes with all kinds of restrictions from the legal wizards at the major record labels. Here’s what it amounts to, from this blog: While Zune users can share an unlimited number of tracks, each individual track can only be shared once with any given user. Once shared, it can never be shared again. Also, each shared track is good for only three spins, or three days, whichever comes first, after which it disappears from the user’s device. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] That seems a whole lot smarter to me than rattling the sabres and getting the lawyers all fired up. As James Robertson notes, the “clues aren’t very thick” over there at Universal, it seems. Technorati Tags: copyright, media, universal, Web2.0, youtube 댓글달기 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/15/universal-is-wrong-nbc-is-right/#comments Share your music — but not too much Mathew Ingram 2006-09-15 06:14 작성 | Microsoft, Apple, Music, Apple, iPod, Microsoft, music, share, zune Plenty of chatter about the launch of Microsoft’s Zune — will it kill the iPod, or will it suck? If you’re looking for technical details, Engadget is probably the best place, although the gang at PaidContent have been doing a great job of covering the story. I think the larger screen sounds great and so do some of the other features, but the wireless music sharing is the thing that interests me most. It sounds like a terrific idea — share songs with your friends! — but of course it comes with all kinds of restrictions from the legal wizards at the major record labels. Here’s what it amounts to, from this blog: While Zune users can share an unlimited number of tracks, each individual track can only be shared once with any given user. Once shared, it can never be shared again. Also, each shared track is good for only three spins, or three days, whichever comes first, after which it disappears from the user’s device. [...]

]]> By: Mathew Ingram http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/14/share-your-music-but-not-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-49557 Mathew Ingram Thu, 14 Sep 2006 22:16:16 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/14/share-your-music-but-not-too-much/#comment-49557 I see your point, Jeremy -- and I agree that it is a positive step. Perhaps I'm quibbling about the length of time or the number of listens, but I still think the record labels are too far into the "protect it at all costs" camp and not enough in the "share it" camp. I see your point, Jeremy — and I agree that it is a positive step. Perhaps I’m quibbling about the length of time or the number of listens, but I still think the record labels are too far into the “protect it at all costs” camp and not enough in the “share it” camp.

]]> By: Jeremy Wright http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/14/share-your-music-but-not-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-49553 Jeremy Wright Thu, 14 Sep 2006 22:12:45 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/14/share-your-music-but-not-too-much/#comment-49553 Dunno... I mean, if the point of sharing music is to see if you like it enough to buy it, then 3 listens is enough for me. I'll know within the first 1-2 times through if I like it enough to buy it. Of course, the reality is that if I like the Zune and the service that I'll just pay the monthly fee for as many songs as I like, in which case any music friends share is without limitations to me. I think it's a good model. And, sure, 5 listens and 7 days would have been nicer, but considering I'm likely to simply grab a dump of a friend's 1000 song library, I'm unlikely to listen to all of them in that timeframe anyways. Sorry, disjointed I know, but I see this as a largely positive step - and certainly a major legup on the whole iPod phenom. To me it does to music what the DS did for mobile gaming. Dunno… I mean, if the point of sharing music is to see if you like it enough to buy it, then 3 listens is enough for me. I’ll know within the first 1-2 times through if I like it enough to buy it.

Of course, the reality is that if I like the Zune and the service that I’ll just pay the monthly fee for as many songs as I like, in which case any music friends share is without limitations to me.

I think it’s a good model. And, sure, 5 listens and 7 days would have been nicer, but considering I’m likely to simply grab a dump of a friend’s 1000 song library, I’m unlikely to listen to all of them in that timeframe anyways.

Sorry, disjointed I know, but I see this as a largely positive step – and certainly a major legup on the whole iPod phenom. To me it does to music what the DS did for mobile gaming.

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