[GRLUG] legal drm-free mp3 downloads on ubuntu

[Steve Romanow]

Sth else to be careful of with amzn music store is there are no
re-downloads.  Back up your purchased music.

On 1/25/10, Topher <topher at wcsg.org> wrote:
> Top posting because I'm not really responding to any specific thing below.
>
> I looked into the Amazon app, and even downloaded it, but I just couldn't
> bring myself to use root to install a closed source Amazon app on my linux
> box.  Yeah, it's probably fine, but Amazon has shown no qualms about being
> evil in the past, and I didn't think it was worth it.
>
> On Mon, 25 Jan 2010, Dave Brondsema wrote:
>
>> Ditto.  To download whole albums (as opposed to individual tracks),
>> Amazon has a downloader client that you have to use.  On 64-bit ubuntu
>> it required a bit of work to get all the required libs installed, but
>> after a bit of googling I got it working.  (I don't remember the details
>> offhand)
>>
>> On 1/25/10 6:33 PM, Godwin wrote:
>>> I use the Amazon MP3 downloader w/ Ubuntu just fine.  In fact, I've
>>> kinda left the iTunes music store (clearly on Wendoze) behind in favor
>>> of Amazon.
>>>
>>> G-
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Bill Littlejohn <billl at mtd-inc.com
>>> <mailto:billl at mtd-inc.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     The last 2 people I've setup with Linux (Ubuntu 9.10) want to
>>> download
>>>     music for burning to cd's.
>>>     (I just use grooveshark personally, but I don't burn audio cd's)
>>>     It seems eMusic or Amazon both have a decent service that works well
>>>     with Linux..
>>>     Anyone have some experience with either of those services?
>>>     Is there another alternative I'm missing?
>>>     -Bill
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