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| From | Sarah Hutchinson <sarah77@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: changes to eMusic |
| Date | Fri, 5 Jun 2009 12:47:04 -0400 |
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I've been a subscriber since 2005 and I'm not happy with the changes either.
My account is basically being cut in half from 100 to 50 downloads per
month. It'll now cost me an additional $15 or $20 per month to get back to
the level I have now. That, paired with the limits of re-downloads is making
me question whether I want to remain an emusic customer.
- Sarah
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Brian Fielder <bfielder13@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> I'm also a long time eMusic customer and I'm not thrilled with the upcoming
> changes. They've also effectively limited the amount of music I can get from
> them. Not too mention the poor way that they've handled the price changes
> and Sony rollout.
>
> You mentioned you like to have the ability to re-download tracks you've
> already purchased - well, they're limiting that to 4 re-downloads now. That
> part doesn't affect me too much but I thought you should be aware of the
> change.
>
> Brian
>
> --- On Fri, 6/5/09, Jim Kosmicki <jkosmicki@cccneb.edu> wrote:
>
>
> From: Jim Kosmicki <jkosmicki@cccneb.edu>
> Subject: changes to eMusic
> To: "audities@smoe.org" <audities@smoe.org>, "audities@smoe.org" <
> audities@smoe.org>
> Date: Friday, June 5, 2009, 6:43 AM
>
>
> I've been an eMusic user and fan for a long time. I weathered the change
> from all you can eat to limited downloads pretty well. I had one of their
> larger plans (200 tracks a month) and still had to buy booster packs every
> so often. I logged on today and got a message that as of July, my plan was
> now changed to 100 tracks per month at a higher cost per track than before
> (total cost is less, but half the number of tracks). Apparently this is
> because they've gotten Sony to agree to put up music. No word on whether it
> will still continue to be DRM free, but I'd think that eMusic would have
> insisted on that. The cost will be about 1/2 that of iTunes, but it means
> that the cost of the non-Sony music has gone up as well.
>
> eMusic has, in the past, limited the number of booster packs one could
> purchase each month (I never understood why they'd limit the amount of money
> you spent with them). No word on whether they'll continue this limit. if
> they do, they've very effectively cut the amount of music I can legally
> purchase and download through their system -- seems very self-defeating.
>
> On their website, they claim this will increase the payments to artists. I
> know that this list has artists on it who sell through eMusic. I'd really
> like to know how much of this is true on their end. How much more is eMusic
> planning to pay you per download as of July? Have they even contacted you
> about this change?
>
> I will stick with eMusic -- I really like being able to re-download what
> I've already purchased, and their selection has always hit my musical sweet
> spots. But I think I'm glad that I've also discovered alternatives like
> Amie Street.
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