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   #16. Posted at 07:50 PM on Sep 25th 2007, Edited at 07:53 PM on Sep 25th 2007 Edit   Reply
alex666
Aarrgh, what was Amazon thinking?! To listen to music samples you have have to RealPlayer installed. Over my dead body! I get stuff from Amazon semi-regularly and always have liked them. But I will not install RealPlayer. Maybe they've cleaned up their act in the past few years, I don't know. But I've avoided them for a long time
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#16, The RealPlayer provided for download off the BBC website is ...  :  Prototyped  (#17)  «
#17, I had no problem playing samples with wmp.  :  opinionated  (#19)  «
#16, Media Player Classic  :  OptOut  (#29)  «
#16, uhhh no. i didnt install real player.  :  danny e.  (#31)  «

   #30. Posted at 01:53 AM on Sep 27th 2007 Edit   Reply
paulWTAMU
I don't have realplayer and the preview worked for me so I don't think that's an issue. I've already bought some stuff from them, just to test it out. I liked it; it automatically puts it in WMP which is handy, the bitrate is high so I'm not too worried about quality and it is cheap. I'm happy.
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   #23. Posted at 06:41 AM on Sep 26th 2007, Edited at 06:43 AM on Sep 26th 2007 Edit   Reply
danny e.
why anyone would pay for music in mp3 format is beyond me.

I guess I might in one situation... if it was absolutely not available on CD & it was something I had been searching for. (old music is sometimes hard to find)

With that said.. I am a Yahoo music service subscriber. Its nice to be able to listen to all that music with only a small monthly fee. But when I find something I really like, I buy it on CD .. never through the service.
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#23, My sole I-tunes purchase was the soundtrack for the 1979 mov...  :  Vrock  (#24)  «
#23, hmm Amazon DOES have things that I cant find on CD! wow. imp...  :  danny e.  (#28)  «

   #7. Posted at 04:34 PM on Sep 25th 2007, Edited at 04:35 PM on Sep 25th 2007 Edit   Reply
danny e.
As stated in my reply to odizzido, this system check for US only residents is error proof.

In order to make any purchase, you must scan your government issued tattoo-barcode ID on your arm. This sends a "location fix" check to the goverment system for a location fix. The government system does location fix on your body using GPS tracker embeded in your leg.

The coordinates are then sent to Amazon who matches these up to the Google Earth map. Their proprietary software, then, draws a little "dot" on the Google Earth map with your exact location.

Finally, an illegal alien checks to make sure your dot drawn on the google earth map is within the US borders.
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#7, <sound of crickiets>  :  zqw  (#8)  «
#8, nice! =)  :  danny e.  (#10)  «
#7, Thank you for expanding on your earlier post. I was lost the...  :  indeego  (#11)  «
#7, you have no idea how close we are getting to that. politician...  :  l33t-g4m3r  (#20)  «
#20, Did you know that, like, a HUNDRED percent of the meat we...  :  dmjifn  (#27)  «

   #9. Posted at 04:44 PM on Sep 25th 2007, Edited at 04:46 PM on Sep 25th 2007 Edit   Reply
snowdog
Woohoo, another step to ending music DRM. It is funny to see those (Universal) in the "giving up DRM is crazy" camp, cave to reality a month later.
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#9, I just find it hilarious how TR has posted several of these ...  :  Vrock  (#12)  «
#12, heh, I think you are right. I've been buying music with o...  :  Smurfer2  (#13)  «
#12, In my *individual* case you're wrong. While I often find ...  :  ssidbroadcast  (#14)  «
#12, Vrock, you tried this angle last time such a story came o...  :  Anomymous Gerbil  (#22)  «
#22, Meh, I like my explanation better. :)  :  Vrock  (#25)  «
#25, Conspiracy!!! :-)  :  Anomymous Gerbil  (#26)  «

   #21. Posted at 12:00 AM on Sep 26th 2007 Edit   Reply
Kharnellius
Wow, I'll bite.
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   #18. Posted at 08:33 PM on Sep 25th 2007 Edit   Reply
blastdoor
Sounds like a good deal.

I can imagine that Universal thinks they're hurting Apple, but Apple will keep on selling iPods, so really everyone wins from this.
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   #1. Posted at 02:40 PM on Sep 25th 2007 Edit   Reply
odizzido
cant we just use a US proxy? I assume they check the IP?
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#1, nope. you must scan tattooed barcode id on arm.. this sends ...  :  danny e.  (#5)  «
#1, Probably whether it's a US credit card as well ;)  :  stdPikachu  (#6)  «
#6, ahh good point.  :  odizzido  (#15)  «

   #4. Posted at 03:36 PM on Sep 25th 2007 Edit   Reply
ssidbroadcast
Hey this is nice. WTG Amazon.
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   #2. Posted at 03:12 PM on Sep 25th 2007 Edit   Reply
Vrock
Between Wal-Mart and Amazon, there's little reason left to buy tunes from Apple.
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#2, You can use the Touch WiFi store, you know.....and sooner th...  :  Ricardo Dawkins  (#3)  «
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