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| 23-08-07 / 21:44 : Deezer : really worth ? (cjed) |
| The site Deezer seems having succeeding focusing attention these days, as we can read on many site that this is the first time a site provides famous artists music for free. However : 1. The site only includes 200 000 titles 2. Agreements with Sacem and authors were signed but there is still to do the same with producers (majors). Moreover as stated, the "experimental agreement ends december, 31, 2007", then parts involved here don't risk too much (if ads shares aren't sufficient for majors they won't follow the deal). 3. The previous version of the site (Blogmusik ) had to close, unable to reach agreements, and another such initiative (Radio.blog.club) faces strong problems (without mentioning dozens of such sites that didn't made it). 4. The songs cannot be downloaded (only available through the online player, even if it isn't really streaming...) 5. Finally the interest is plagged by the poor quality of most published songs at this time (by users for now), as they are encoded in mp3 at 22Khz, between 32 and 64 kbits ! We can be assured that this buzz won't be sufficient to hurt the ITMS (70 percent of the market), even with the keyword free. In fact the ITMS provides the highest quality available on the internet (AAC 256 kbits at 44,1 Khz), not so far from CD qulity for many people with lo-fi audio system... There is also the free and great sites Dogmazic (musique-libre.org) and Jamendo.... |
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J'avais vu l'info sur MacMusic aussi, mais je n'avais pas regardé en détail. Effectivement c'est même moins bon en qualité que les radios en streaming dans iTunes! |
Universal n'a pas tardé à réagir, dénonçant l'utilisant de son catalogue par Deezer illégale. Reste à savoir si les accords conclus avec la Sacem et les artistes suffisent (à priori cela doit être possible sauf accords d'exclusivité). Deezer s'était associé à Free pour répondre à l'offre Neuf-Universal (offre gratuite illimitée pour les abonnés Neuf mais pour un genre de musique unique parmi le catalogue Universal). |
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