Comments on: Ubuntu One Music Store, my answers

By: Mimor

Mimor — Mon, 24 May 2010 16:28:38 +0000

I can understand that it’s hard to work with the Majors of the music industry.
But I’m starting to get the feeling that Canonical is pushing stuff on to me, without me asking for it.
It started with Ubuntu-one, now the Music store and MP3.
If Canonical would stand ground, and support open formats and would try work together with Apple, this would push the Majors in the right direction.
(Perhaps the Android community could back them up a bit?)

I’m not against Canonical for earning money and selling stuff.
But they should take it easy when pushing stuff.

My mom doesn’t mind, but people whom think (and develop) FOSS might start to doubt the Ubuntu universe.

By: Jo Shields

Jo Shields — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:42:51 +0000

Banshee will automatically transcode your files to a supported format when you use it to transfer songs to your portable player (e.g. FLAC to AAC, or somesuch). I don’t know if Rhythmbox has such functionality, but if properly implemented, it could be a user-experience non-issue. I say “could” because the issue of patented codecs will cause serious concerns – i.e. Canonical can’t be seen to encourage people to use unlicensed MP3 codecs, and can’t sell files that don’t play on Ubuntu out of the box, so there’s an impasse there for people who don’t already have codecs installed and working.

By: TK

TK — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:01:50 +0000

Ah, and I hope they make a way to integrate into current music players, perhaps as plugins, so folks can browse and purchase music without leaving their own music players.

Or would that be too iTunes-y?

By: Ellipsis

Ellipsis — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:09:08 +0000

Would this music store “sell” free music/audiobooks/podcasts? Also could it be used as a tool to promote CC-licensed work?