Rant - Christian music downloads for everyone - NOT!
Published November 19, 2003
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Songs now available legally via LifeWay downloads
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--It just got easier for Christian music fans to download their favorite songs to their computers — legally.
Unless you own a Macintosh.
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"LifeWay is seeking to bridge the illegal-downloads divide by providing people with an easy, affordable and legal way to download their favorite Christian artists," said Mark King, vice president of direct marketing for LifeWay Christian Stores.
You mean, the way Apple's iTunes service has been doing for over six months now?
LifeWay's new service requires no monthly subscription fee as other sites do, or special software to download. All songs are offered in Windows Media format. Once a customer purchases a song, the file can be downloaded to a PC with unlimited transfers to portable devices and CD-burner capabilities.
BUT IT DOES REQUIRE A PEECEE!! AND SINCE WHEN IS WINDOWS MEDIA format not "special software"? If you go to the Web site to download a file, you find out that you *do* need special software to download:
Only Windows 2000/XP/ME/98/98se users can download Windows Media content. Windows 95 and Windows NT are not supported. Only the Windows operating system is supported. See below for information specific to your operating system. Macintosh systems and any UNIX flavors are not supported at this time.
Windows Media PlayerPlease make sure the latest version of Microsoft's Windows Media Player is installed to download your content. While the minimum supported version is 7.0, we may require version 9.0 when attempting to download albums with a large number of tracks. You can download the latest player from Microsoft. Your Windows Media Player may also need a security upgrade (detected automatically).
NOTE: Windows ME users are required to use version 9.Browser
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WHAT ABOUT THOSE OF US WHO HAVE MACINTOSHES? ARE WE NOT ENTITLED TO FREE CHRISTIAN MUSIC DOWNLOADS? MUST WE SUFFER UNDER SUBSTANDARD, UNSECURE OPERATING SYSTEMS IN ORDER TO LISTEN TO REBECCA ST. JAMES AND AMY GRANT?
"Illegal downloads have been a growing problem in the Christian community, and they are causing economic harm to everyone involved in the music industry," Styll said. "We applaud LifeWay for taking this leadership role in offering digital music downloads for purchase on the Internet, as it is a practical solution to this very real problem."
But it's not a practical solution at all IF YOU OWN A MACINTOSH! And it's not even a leadership role. APPLE HAS BEEN DOING IT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW. YOU CAN EVEN GET CHRISTIAN MUSIC ON iTunes!
- Rant - Christian music downloads for everyone - NOT!
- Published: November 19, 2003
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does the fact that i don't understand any of this mean that i am a sinner or stupid.
i prefer to think...both
shouldn't all "christian" music be free?
isn't the purpose to get the "word" out?
jack e. jett
the jack e. jett show
Yo diggity,
You may recommend all you like, if I may be allowed to pray for your wicked, immoral soul.
Here be but a few samples of definitely not crappy Christian music:
Nodes of Ranvier
Living Sacrifice
Zao
Norma Jean
Prayer for Cleansing
Sinai Beach
Extol
Training for Utopia
Yo, these bands will rock your socks off. And that's the God's honest truth.
Do they mention Jesus in their songs? Because I hate Jesus.
You're going to pray for me? Great. I'm Wiccan. I'll put a spell on you, ok?
OOHH U DID NOT JUST SAY THAT U HATE JESUS...WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU WELL SCREW WICCIAN CUZ IT IS SATAN...I STAND FIRMLY ON WHAT I BELIEVE SO WANNA MAKE A DEAL?? IF I AM SERVEING THE WRONG GOD THEN I WILL DIE IN 7 DAYS AND IF YOU ARE SERVEING THE WRONG GOD U WILL DIE IN 7 DAYS IS THAT A DEAL??? BECAUSE I KNOW JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAME YESTERDAY TODAY AND FOREVER *HEBREWS 13:8* HOW COULD YOU HATE THE VERY ONE THAT CREATED YOU?? SATAN HAS SO MANY PEOPLE BLINDED FROM THE TRUTH!! GOD PLEASE HELP THEM. I AM SORRY BUT YOU NEED NOT TO PUT YOUR RUDE AND ASSULTING COMMENTS IN HERE LIKE THAT IF YOU HATE JESUS THEN THAT'S YOUR BUISNESS DON'T BE SAYIN IT IN HERE CUZ NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR IT..... I LOVE JESUS AND ALWAYS WILL!!!! LORD JESUS I CURSE THIS EVIL SPIRIT IN THE NAME OF JESUS SATAN YOU HAVE NO POWER IN JESUS NAME....AMEN!!!!!!!!
IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME BUT IF YOUR GONNA TELL ME OFF WHICH I DON'T CARE LOOK OUT BECAUSE YOU WILL GET AN EAR FULL. GOD BLESS ALL!!!
*REBEKAH*
Fortunately, there's more to choose from these days :) CCMdownloads.com features thousands of (legal) christian music downloads from all major artists. On PC *and* iMac.
I am glad the winds of change have blown through here. There was a time you could not talk about religion without the conversation degenerating into silliness. Uhm... yeah. Things have changed. Clearly.
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hahaha.
We all know true Christians use Macintosh.