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Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by alerighi on Monday May 01, 2017 @05:03PM (#14241555)
So don't buy music from Apple, or from anyone else that sells it in non-free formats
Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by throwaway91111 on Monday May 01, 2017 @05:13PM (#14241671)
Do you have a suggestion? Where can I find Rihanna in Ogg/Vorbis?
Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by ryukafalz on Monday May 01, 2017 @05:20PM (#14241755)
The simplest thing, IMO, is just to buy your music on CD and rip it to a free format yourself. Some indie artists release their work online in free formats, but for mainstream artists a physical copy is often the only way.
Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @03:55AM (#14244712)
In the UK format shifting was briefly allowed but media corps objected and the Tories decided it was better for society not to be able to rip CDs you own. iTunes, f.e., is a tool for contributory infringement in the UK.
Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by wfunction on Monday May 01, 2017 @10:24PM (#14243524)
And pay like 10x more + shipping because you only wanted 1 song on the CD?
Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by paulrpotts on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @10:18AM (#14246507)
I'm not saying it is ideal, but the used CD market is hugely depressed right now. I buy a ton of used CDs at various downscale businesses and rip them into iTunes with Apple Lossless. Some of the stores will run them through the disc cleaner/polisher as a matter of course and they rip fine.

I'd love to be able to buy DRM-free 24/96 lossless versions of all the music I actually want but buying used CDs for under $2 apiece seems like a reasonable compromise to me. For the moment if I can't find particular albums on CD in the used market I either buy them from eBay sellers or do without. The remaining chain retail vendors for CDs such as Best Buy have a pretty hopelessly bad selection these days.

Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by mattkevan on Monday May 01, 2017 @06:11PM (#14242184)
Buy from Bandcamp.

Support indie artists and buy music in MP3, FLAC, Apple Lossless, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, WAV or AIFF.

Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by chc on Monday May 01, 2017 @07:49PM (#14242828)
The question was specifically "Where can I find Rihanna in Ogg/Vorbis?" Rihanna is not on Bandcamp, so this is a pretty poor answer. You're essentially telling people to like different music than they do.
Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by dublinben on Monday May 01, 2017 @08:37PM (#14243083)
You can buy your Rihanna in FLAC or AAC on 7digital.
Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by throwaway91111 on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @11:28AM (#14247156)
Great tip, thank you!
Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by selectodude on Monday May 01, 2017 @05:19PM (#14241748)
Spotify uses Ogg Vorbis.
Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by jhasse on Monday May 01, 2017 @07:33PM (#14242734)
and DRM. Therefore it doesn't help you that they use Ogg Vorbis internally.
Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by bigbugbag on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @05:25AM (#14245090)
Piracy scene, get the flac version and reencode to vorbis.
Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by Razengan on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @06:47AM (#14245348)
iTunes was one of the first online music stores to go DRM free, and even now I believe most of it is, but I prefer Apple Music for the much wider variety and greater convenience, especially for Japanese music.