Analysts are
panning
Universal's much-hyped music-by-subscription service, which doesn't let one
download or save tracks, but merely allows you to listen to streamed music from
a selection for a fee, calling it "half-hearted". And not surprisingly.
If Universal offered something
like
what 4AD
have done, allowing users to download high-quality MP3s from the
PolyGram back-catalogue for a reasonable fee, I'd sign up for it.
Though somehow I suspect it'll be a pleasantly temperate day in Hell
before Edgar Bronfman Jr. (of
war on
anonymity fame) signs off on something like that.
(via realkosh)