http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Sat, 5 Jun 2004 16:50:26 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/06/05/133712.php#comment-67494 Nowhere in these stories in the papers is a mention of the format and so on of these "downloads". We don't have iTunes in Canada because the branch plants of Apple and the majors can work out an agreement on publishing 'cause they might actually sell some music, and they don't really know how to do that. The only paid service in Canada is pure crap. It is DRM'd up the wazoo and doesn't work. I expect, having tried to use a Sony MD Walkman for recordings, that they are banking on this whole thing not working, but they can at least say, "hey, we tried". Considering that the majors in Canada spend most of their time in battles with the retailers (currently HMV is charging full list $28 a CD on EMI titles, or not stocking them), it is no wonder that the music business is screwed. They don't want to sell music. 67494@blogcritics.org Sat, 5 Jun 2004 16:50:26 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/06/05/133712.php#comment-67484 Speaking of McDonalds, I saw Super Size Me yesterday. Review coming shortly, if I can stomach the thought of writing it. 67484@blogcritics.org Sat, 5 Jun 2004 14:33:16 EDT