I gotta tell ya, my head was spinning after wading through all of this copyright stuff. I respect that creators of content deserve to receive the royalties for their works. I do believe that it has gotten pretty expensive. Is that because they have to charge more since more and more people are downloading illegally? Or are they just like the rest of the world raising prices in general? I think that perhaps downloading music should be cheaper since there isn't a physical product and packaging required. Just a few clicks and there it is, but I doubt we'll see a legal product soon that will make that happen. As a library, we are never sure what people are doing with the great materials we let them check out, but I'm certain not all transactions are copyright simpatico.
In terms of DRM, I will say that I personally chose to purchase an MP3 player just so I could download audiobooks from OCLS and have more downloading options.
I checked out the social music networks. Liveplasma was pretty cool. I tried Bon Jovi and Juan Luis Guerra. I was surprised with some of the results, which I guess it the point to hook me on to other musicians. I didn't actually sign up for any accounts, but will keep it in mind when I'm looking for something fresh or if I need help when a patron asks for something related to a liked artist.
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