Comments on: Sony CONNECT Disaster Impressively Well Realized http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20070830/sony-connect/ by John Paczkowski Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:08:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Amazon Digital Music Market Share To Be Recorded in Apple Lossless | Digital Daily | John Paczkowski | AllThingsD http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20070830/sony-connect/comment-page-1/#comment-550 Amazon Digital Music Market Share To Be Recorded in Apple Lossless | Digital Daily | John Paczkowski | AllThingsD Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:18:11 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20070830/sony-connect/#comment-550 [...] … With Sony and Virgin Digital both shuttering their online music offerings and Yahoo Music is reportedly [...] [...] … With Sony and Virgin Digital both shuttering their online music offerings and Yahoo Music is reportedly [...]

]]> By: Jon Healey http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20070830/sony-connect/comment-page-1/#comment-442 Jon Healey Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:11:48 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20070830/sony-connect/#comment-442 It seems more significant to me that Sony is dropping its reliance on OpenMG, its DRM, than ATRAC, which was just a codec. Sony had been supporting WMA for a while, just not Microsoft's DRM. Now it's supporting PlaysForSure in lieu of OpenMG, and using Microsoft's ubiquitous Windows Media Player instead of its own SonicStage software. I prattle on in more depth here: http://opinion.latimes.com/bitplayer/2007/08/sony-connects-w.html It seems more significant to me that Sony is dropping its reliance on OpenMG, its DRM, than ATRAC, which was just a codec. Sony had been supporting WMA for a while, just not Microsoft’s DRM. Now it’s supporting PlaysForSure in lieu of OpenMG, and using Microsoft’s ubiquitous Windows Media Player instead of its own SonicStage software. I prattle on in more depth here: http://opinion.latimes.com/bit.....cts-w.html

]]> By: Nav A http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20070830/sony-connect/comment-page-1/#comment-440 Nav A Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:38:14 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20070830/sony-connect/#comment-440 It's a testament to how bad Sony's marketing is that respected online sources still claim that Sony's players don't support more formats. They've supported MP3 for the past 4 years and WMA/AAC for the past 2. Only CONNECT tied you to ATRAC and, really, it doesn't matter what format DRM'ed music is as you're locked in regardless. It’s a testament to how bad Sony’s marketing is that respected online sources still claim that Sony’s players don’t support more formats. They’ve supported MP3 for the past 4 years and WMA/AAC for the past 2. Only CONNECT tied you to ATRAC and, really, it doesn’t matter what format DRM’ed music is as you’re locked in regardless.

]]> By: Eric Welch http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20070830/sony-connect/comment-page-1/#comment-436 Eric Welch Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:28:53 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20070830/sony-connect/#comment-436 One wonder why Sony didn't learn long ago what IBM learned with the failed PS/2, OS/2, attempt to lock people into one company's technolgy using proprietary hardware and software. You gotta be Apple to do it. Funny how Steve Jobs said a few years back they'd like to be more like Sony. But they just never got there - thank goodness! One wonder why Sony didn’t learn long ago what IBM learned with the failed PS/2, OS/2, attempt to lock people into one company’s technolgy using proprietary hardware and software.

You gotta be Apple to do it. Funny how Steve Jobs said a few years back they’d like to be more like Sony. But they just never got there – thank goodness!

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