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beachdog67[club2000], Nov 3 at 6:47 AM EST   

BlueBeat Music

Well, well. WTF is this all about?

Anybody know the lowdown on BlueBeat Music?

The LA Times has a story, but it doesn't seem to have much info beyond the fact you can apparently buy Beatles for $0.25 US / track.

Woof?
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* RE: BlueBeat Music posted by CCRGMac on Nov 3 at 7:07 AM EST
  * RE: BlueBeat Music posted by Doofy on Nov 3 at 10:00 AM EST
    * RE: BlueBeat Music posted by CCRGMac on Nov 3 at 8:14 PM EST
* RE: BlueBeat Music posted by ludditexx23 on Nov 3 at 11:49 PM EST
  * RE: BlueBeat Music posted by Doofy on Nov 4 at 10:09 AM EST
* RE: BlueBeat Music posted by anose on Nov 4 at 1:33 PM EST
  * RE: BlueBeat Music posted by kennykenny on Nov 4 at 1:54 PM EST
    * RE: BlueBeat Music posted by CCRGMac on Nov 4 at 5:33 PM EST
      * RE: BlueBeat Music posted by CCRGMac on Nov 5 at 6:00 PM EST
        * RE: BlueBeat Music posted by beachdog67[club2000] on Nov 5 at 7:02 PM EST
          * RE: BlueBeat Music posted by mommio on Nov 5 at 7:20 PM EST
            * RE: BlueBeat Music posted by beachdog67[club2000] on Nov 8 at 12:26 AM EST
  CCRGMac Nov 3 at 7:07 AM EST RE: BlueBeat Music    
in direct response to the topic by beachdog67[club2000]
Well I just added an album to a cart and it offered my 3 prices - Amazon around $8, iTunes around $12 and BaseBeat (not Bluebeat) at $2. This makes them seem more like a brokerage or clearing house than a true seller. However a look at the BaseBeat site links it straight back to BlueBeat.com.

So, I just bought Aswad's first album for $2.30 ($0.30 transaction fee) all via PayPal so my card's no at risk. Their DLM runs in a browser window and seems to be pretty quick by I have to leave it running while I go to work. Will report back later...
  Doofy Nov 3 at 10:00 AM EST RE: BlueBeat Music    
in response to the message by CCRGMac
This site seems to have some interesting features, but kind of hard to nail down how it works. Eg, you can put together and share playlists, but there are restrictions as to how many songs from what sources you can listen to how often (similar to Pandora). Possible that what you are paying for is the ability to stream full albums...?
  CCRGMac Nov 3 at 8:14 PM EST RE: BlueBeat Music    
in response to the message by Doofy
Well, everything seems to have gone fine. I have the album in iTunes (not just streaming) as an MP3 @160kbps with lo-res artwork. Seems far more legit than those Russian sites - good layout, editorial content etc. - but I still feel that there must be a catch somewhere.
  ludditexx23 Nov 3 at 11:49 PM EST RE: BlueBeat Music    
in direct response to the topic by beachdog67[club2000]
Hmmm... From section 3 their Privacy Policy:

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BlueBeat Client and Digital Rights Management Software:

After you register for the BlueBeat Music service, you will be prompted to download the BlueBeat Client software application.

In order to make sure the BlueBeat Client is functioning at its best, from time to time we may send the BlueBeat Client automatic fixes, support files, updates, upgrades and enhancements. In the event that we make a change that materially affects your privacy, we will notify you of the change and post a new version of our privacy policy for your review.

BlueBeat utilizes digital rights management software that is used to protect the copyrights associated with the digital music files that you obtain rights to use via BlueBeat Machine service.

In order to make sure artists and all other copyright participants receive applicable royalties, this software identifies and counts the songs you've streamed, and if applicable, downloaded and converted to portable downloads, played in downloaded form, and burned or transferred to portable devices.

BlueBeat aggregates this usage data to report and pay royalties, for internal analysis and to share with certain strategic partners for their own analysis. Please be assured, however, that we will not share your personally identifiable usage data with any third parties without your consent.

We may use your personally identifiable usage data for a variety of service-related purposes, such as to provide a more personalized service, to address customer care questions, and if applicable, billing questions, and to restore lost download rights, or synchronize your rights to another computer, or for similar internal purposes.
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  Doofy Nov 4 at 10:09 AM EST RE: BlueBeat Music    
in response to the message by ludditexx23
Aha. So it's come to this...discounted prices for DRM'd mp3s!
  anose Nov 4 at 1:33 PM EST RE: BlueBeat Music    
in direct response to the topic by beachdog67[club2000]
Fun's over...
  kennykenny Nov 4 at 1:54 PM EST RE: BlueBeat Music    
in response to the message by anose
It's not over. You can still buy the music. It's possible they will win the suit, based on their weird audio/visual loophole.

I'm waiting to buy anything until this is settled...
  CCRGMac Nov 4 at 5:33 PM EST RE: BlueBeat Music    
in response to the message by kennykenny
The MP3s themselves aren't DRM'd, I can't see how the DLM is a DRM system, it runs right in the browser.
  CCRGMac Nov 5 at 6:00 PM EST RE: BlueBeat Music    
in response to the message by CCRGMac
Now it gets weird.
  beachdog67[club2000] Nov 5 at 7:02 PM EST RE: BlueBeat Music    
in response to the message by CCRGMac
Oh kee-rhist.

"Psycho-acoustic simulation"? Great. More whing-nut publicity for Santa Cruz. Like we really need help convincing the rest of the world we're all bonged-out, mumbling surf bums.


Woof.
  mommio Nov 5 at 7:20 PM EST RE: BlueBeat Music    
in response to the message by beachdog67[club2000]
Like we really need help convincing the rest of the world we're all bonged-out, mumbling surf bums.
Golly, gee. You mean you're not?
  beachdog67[club2000] Nov 8 at 12:26 AM EST RE: BlueBeat Music    
in response to the message by mommio
Due-oud!
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