In its first incarnation , Lala.com focus on help people trade and buy CDs inexpensively , all the while build a residential area of music listeners and a catalog of preferences . Today , newly revamp Lala is launch a innocent service that scans your digital tracks — everything you own from ripped CDs , iTunes downloads or any other mean — and then permit you log into the website anywhere to get at that music . you’re able to even sideload track to your iPod when you ’re far away from abode .
OK , first : how does that work ? Lala does n’t upload everything . Most of the songs you own are probably in its server already ; it will only upload the stuff it did n’t have . If you are wondering if that admit The Beatles , Led Zeppelin and Dave Matthews Band , material magnificently not useable online , it does . Lala assumes that if you own it , you have the right field to it . It ’s a fair - use defence that makes sense , since you ca n’t really distribute music through the military service , you may only access it for your own exercise .
Next : what ’s this about my iPod ? At this point in time , Lala is storing cartroad as MP3 files . ( I mean 128Kbps , but could be gravid — in the future , they say they will offer their flow at the original firmness of the racecourse you own , but for now there ’s a bandwidth issue . ) You ca n’t download the path to a computer hard effort , but you’re able to sideload the tracks flat to your iPod . If , and it ’s a fully grown “ if ” , you jell up your iPod to sync with the Robert William Service . You ca n’t use the iPod with your iTunes again without reconfiguring it . Lala say you would n’t need to , since it will give you access to anything you buy at iTunes , but I still think it ’s a bit of a leap of religious belief .
But what ’s in it for Lala ? Well , for dispatcher , the companionship need to arise the music - sales event business , selling cut - rate CDs and facilitating euphony swaps with other members . Logging your preferences is an easy way to build an oh - so - sweet customer profile , just like Amazon.com and iTunes do .
Will there be any digital tracks for cut-rate sale ? They have already inked a mess with Warner Music , letting you sample Warner raceway as many times as you like on the avail , like a free child Rhapsody . The company is talk with other record label , too , so it shortly could be a free option to Rhapsody , Napster and the like , with interchangeable digital - download catalogue .
Is that all ? With the DRM - free business taking off , the obvious next move is to sell non - DRM tracks for download to the iPod — like much of the American populace , these guys do not have any real interest in other medicine musician . Before all of the deal are signed , there are bunch of music samples available under nett radio receiver licenses , so you could easily get artist - theme exploiter - return radio station a la Pandora .
How well does this whole matter work ? So , it ’s in beta . There ’s a muckle of stuff that does n’t make total sense yet . I ’ll spare you the specifics only because genus Beta is as genus Beta does , and candidly , free service are fun to try even if they stop up chicane the barker . Last I chequer , the system was down , because the old Lala.com was give means to the novel Lala.com .
When it ’s back up , have a endeavor and have me know what you think . I ’m excited because a ) anywhere access is just coolheaded and b ) I recollect what these guys are doing is a trivial moment half-baked , and I want to see where it fail . Their last thought , the CD swapping thing , was also brainsick , and I ’m not trusted it totally run , but it was original enough for muchos kudos , and this idea is even more ballsy . Let ’s see what happens .
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Note : The site seems to be back up and run .
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