Eric_L
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I am FINALLY back into my Hurricane Charley damaged home - meaning I now have broadband again (Hooray!)
My wife and I are wanting to start downloading tunes but much has changed in the last 18 months. I can't keep up with all of the rules and terms, and the sites are evasive about what happens to the tunes you download.
Could you all please help us decide where we want to do business?
We want to be able to buy a song and download it to our PC. We will then, most often, stream it to our stereo, though we will also download it to a personal music player (NOT an IPOD brand) On rare occasions we may burn it to CD. I do want to use the music for background music with home movies and photo shows which I will create on my PC. I also want assurance that when I upgrade to a new PC or hard drive that my copy protection will not 'eat' my purchased music.
My worry is two-fold; One - That I cannot do all of these things with the music I purchase at all or without intensive massaging of the product; and Two - that the music I've already downloaded years ago will get changed to a proprietary format which limits the uses of it which I currently enjoy.
So, what can y'all tell me? Which service is best for my needs/uses?
My wife and I are wanting to start downloading tunes but much has changed in the last 18 months. I can't keep up with all of the rules and terms, and the sites are evasive about what happens to the tunes you download.
Could you all please help us decide where we want to do business?
We want to be able to buy a song and download it to our PC. We will then, most often, stream it to our stereo, though we will also download it to a personal music player (NOT an IPOD brand) On rare occasions we may burn it to CD. I do want to use the music for background music with home movies and photo shows which I will create on my PC. I also want assurance that when I upgrade to a new PC or hard drive that my copy protection will not 'eat' my purchased music.
My worry is two-fold; One - That I cannot do all of these things with the music I purchase at all or without intensive massaging of the product; and Two - that the music I've already downloaded years ago will get changed to a proprietary format which limits the uses of it which I currently enjoy.
So, what can y'all tell me? Which service is best for my needs/uses?