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Investment goals tend to be long-term: enough to pay college tuition starting in ten years, for instance, or enough to retire on in 15 or 20 years. In fact, it's this long-range outlook that causes many people to set such vague, halfhearted goals that they fail to reach. .
Does a compelling product make you overlook the built-in DRM?
Let's say there was a compelling product on sale that interested you. Maybe it's a games console, or maybe it's a player of some kind. Or it could even be a service such as iTunes or Audible. Let's say that you really wanted what this product or service had to offer but in your research you discover baked-in DRM of one kind or another. You want the product or service but you're aware that there's DRM involved that could be a problem in the future. My question is this - Does a compelling product make you overlook the built-in DRM? What actually got me thinking about this was a post made by Jeff Atwood on his blog relating to DRM and how ignorance of it can be expensive. Jeff's just bought an Xbox 360 and have to re-buy the content that he'd bought on an Xbox 360 that he had at work: I've purchased lots of downloadable content on the Xbox 360 at work, primarily new songs for Guitar Hero 2, Guitar Hero 3, and Rock Band.
Orange pay TV on satellite
The move is expected to give a lift to the idea that music through the Internet can be similar to radio free and supported by advertising yet give users a choice of what they want to listen to. Until now, Last.fm has offered what is known as Internet radio. Users could listen to a series of songs selected by the service on the basis of their musical tastes, but they could not choose individual songs. Under the new arrangement, users can search for and select any of 3.5 million songs to listen to on their computers through streaming. Any given song can only be played three times. And the free music cannot be downloaded to a portable player. Song downloads will be offered through a link to music stores, including Apples iTunes and Amazon.com. Ultimately, Last.fm will offer users the chance to buy a monthly subscription that will allow them to listen to songs as many times as they want.
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