I finally managed to get Amy Studt's new album "My Paper Made Men" I mentionned a few days ago. Man, was that a journey!
iTunes didn't let me buy because I'm from Poland. HMV (link works in IE only, sorry) didn't validate my card. No Polish mp3 store had the album, as it has only been released in the UK. 7digital was tricky because the album didn't appear on Amy's page, so I went there quite a few times, throught it wasn't avaliable and closed the page before finding it. But I finally did, paid with PayPal, and got wma files. While I was there, I also downloaded four b-sides.
The wma files turned out to be DRM-protected and Winamp wouldn't let me validate them. Windows Media Player did, but didn't let me burn a CD. Well, as it turns out, DRM removal is way easier than coping with DRM. That's the type of security I adore - the one that causes more problems to honest paying users than to pirates. But, there's no point in ranting, the point is that I got the album legally, contributed to its charts positions and most of all, that the music is simply delightful.
09 May 2008
Off my wishlist: Amy Studt's "My Paper Made Men"
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hey is there no way you can post amy studts album? Im from South Africa there is really no way that i can get the album
ReplyDeleteI can't do that, that would be illegal people would abuse of it and I could get in huge trouble. However, copyright laws in Poland allow me to share my music with my friends, so contact me privately at lilavatti-at-gmail-dot-com.
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