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Another US-only music store

When I read this morning that Napster has launched an online music store selling DRM-free music for the same price as iTunes, I got pretty excited.

Then I discovered that, like Amazon's MP3 store, it's US only (and seems to be checking your IP address to determine this).

For frak's sake. How long will it take to dismantle the bureaucratic obstacles currently preventing the full potential of digital downloads from being realised? How long before all such services make all their content available worldwide?

Phil on 2008.05.20 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

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PC: Mass Effect
Heavily story-driven sci-fi RPG. So far I think I've spent more time selecting dialog options in conversations and reading log entries than I have running around shooting things. It makes for a relatively slow paced game, but one that's much more compelling.

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Rachid Taha: Made in Medina
One of the reasons I love the movie Black Hawk Down is the music. I only learned today that this guy was one of the contributors. It's an energetic fusion of Middle Eastern and Western rhythmns. I bought it on the strength of Barra Barra (the track from Black Hawk Down) alone, but I think I'm going to love the rest of it too.