http://www.rioleo.org/kiss-audio-engineering.php Writings and musings on the latest web trends and life, advertising, design, fonts, and news from an avid and prolific web designer. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:48:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://www.rioleo.org/kiss-audio-engineering.php#comment-1801 Sawyer Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:24:21 +0000 http://www.rioleo.org/kiss-audio-engineering.php#comment-1801 I'd say the biggest issue only having one format is the DRM lockdown that music vendors buy into. iTunes has done it for ages, using m4p, which is just AAC with a DRM wrapper. Microsoft has done it with protected WMA files. Fortunately, people with a lot of time on their hands have enabled us to crack the encryption with free tools and liberate the music into a free format. Proprietary formats will exist as long as consumers tolerate them. Rhapsody just announced an MP3 music store, joining the ranks of Amazon and a few other MP3 retailers. Their quality is greater than the AAC files purchased on iTunes, which could help tip the scales in their favor. I’d say the biggest issue only having one format is the DRM lockdown that music vendors buy into. iTunes has done it for ages, using m4p, which is just AAC with a DRM wrapper. Microsoft has done it with protected WMA files. Fortunately, people with a lot of time on their hands have enabled us to crack the encryption with free tools and liberate the music into a free format. Proprietary formats will exist as long as consumers tolerate them. Rhapsody just announced an MP3 music store, joining the ranks of Amazon and a few other MP3 retailers. Their quality is greater than the AAC files purchased on iTunes, which could help tip the scales in their favor.

]]> http://www.rioleo.org/kiss-audio-engineering.php#comment-1793 Rio Leo: Web Design | eBlogShare Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:45:57 +0000 http://www.rioleo.org/kiss-audio-engineering.php#comment-1793 [...] Rio Leo is a nice yet simple blog that is all about web design and technology. I found a lot of useful information here. There are a number of great tips about getting the right domain, choosing fonts, and getting cool icon sets for your page. The author of this blog definitely knows about web design. This is obvious once you begin to read the tips, news, etc. Particularly interesting was the authors portfolio page with all the past works in it. He is definitely talented and knows a great deal about web design. You can rely on this website to bring you closer to becoming a master web designer or a webmaster. I enjoyed what I read and even bookmarked the site myself. The writing content is quality, the layout is nice and clean, and there are no intrusive ads. All in all…this is a solid blog. [...] […] Rio Leo is a nice yet simple blog that is all about web design and technology. I found a lot of useful information here. There are a number of great tips about getting the right domain, choosing fonts, and getting cool icon sets for your page. The author of this blog definitely knows about web design. This is obvious once you begin to read the tips, news, etc. Particularly interesting was the authors portfolio page with all the past works in it. He is definitely talented and knows a great deal about web design. You can rely on this website to bring you closer to becoming a master web designer or a webmaster. I enjoyed what I read and even bookmarked the site myself. The writing content is quality, the layout is nice and clean, and there are no intrusive ads. All in all…this is a solid blog. […]

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