Nice try, but….

Posted at 8:31pm on Wednesday, July 5th, 2006

At first glance this looks like a good idea:

Universal Music Group is to bring no-frills CDs to the UK in a bid to match the iTunes Music Store’s price point. The scheme targets old, back-catalogue releases rather than new or recent titles.

Surely this is simply a fancy remarketing of the classic mid-price format that we’ve been used to for years? If they can bring the price down along the way that would be nice too, but let’s not forget that if you really want no frills content you have allofmp3. Now *that* is no frills, no packaging and no DRM.

I guess it’s worth pointing out that I’ve started using allofmp3 heavily. I can’t help it. If I hear a track that I like (Benzie Box by Danger Doom, for example; now that is a bassline) I can get the entire album for 70p. 99p per song? With DRM? Er. No ta.

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