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I downloaded the Nokia Music software and with that access to the store, which is quite nice, the software crashes very often.

I bought several songs, and full albums, the price seems right, less than $0.99, but I play them and pass them to my mobile, in the phone, when playing for the first time, the phone connects to the internet (that is bad, because maybe I don't have a data plan) and download the license, in most of the songs it download the license correctly, but in three song it failed putting a message that I "Don't have permission" to hear the song, so I opened the store software in the phone and re-download the same songs (good thing you can re-download) but there where problems with the server, so the songs couldn't be download that moment, I tried later and it was fine.

Later I bought some songs from the phone, I was in a nightclub and wanted that song I was hearing, it downloaded fine and played fine, then I got the same problem while passing the song to the PC, not having permission, after a few try it worked.

Later I decided to burn CD with all the songs and then rip them to MP3 in order to be able to do whatever I want with my songs, but then the DRM server problem arise once more.

Finally I tryed to buy two songs, it started fine, but the download never completed, some strange error in the PC software, then tried doing it in the mobile, it worked, but it was then the pain of passing them to the PC...

Why the Record Labels insist in the DRM, c'mon is a pain to "play" them and the first thing I want to do everytime I buy a song from Nokia store is to burn it in CD in order to rip it as an MP3.

DRM exist and piracy remains and grows, so we can conclude that, that is not the answer.

Also, please NOKIA fix your servers, you have very frequent problems with them.

The 80's are coming back, for good or bad, I don't like what people wear those days. Yesterday I watch in Vh1 (Mexican version) the best 100 songs from the 80's in spanish, which is great, in the 80's the foreign influence in the music started, but still the hits and the style was more based in the spanish speaking artist. Mainly Mexican.



Here is the list:

100 El equipo tricolor
99. Timbiriche - Soy un desastre.
98. Flans la mil y una noche
97. Fresas con cremas - Tour
96. Los inhumanos - Me duele la cara
95. Ricky Luis - Tengo un mes con el mismo pantalon
94. Lucha Villa - No discutamos
93. Patxi Andion - Si yo fuera mujer
92. Chico Che - Quien pompo
91. Alejandra Guzman - La plaga
90. Menudo - Fuego
89. Jose Feliciano y Jose Jose - POr ella
88. Pimpinela - Olvidame y pega la vuelta
87. Ritmo Peligroso - Dejala Tranquila
86. El Tri - Terminal del ADO
85. Karina - Como Duele
84. Veronica Castro - Macumba
83. Laura leon - Abusadora
82. GIT - Es por amor
81. Locomia - Locomia
80. Charly García - No Me Dejan Salir
79. Laureano Brizuela - Sueños Compartidos
78. Mecano - Me Cuesta Tanto Olvidarte
77. Rigo Tovar - Quitate la Mascara
76. Oscar Atie - Fotografia
75. Juan Gabriel - Hasta que te conocí
74. Daniela Romo - De Ti Enamorate
73. La Trinca - Quiero una novia pechugona
72. Diego Verdaguer - La Ladrona
71. Pandora - Como una mariposa
70. Luis Miguel - Isabela
69. Pablito Ruis - Oh! Mama
68. Richie e Poveri - Será por que te amo
67. Ricardo Montaner - Tan Enamorado
66. Lucia Mendez - Un alma en pena
65. Radio Futura - Cara o Cruz
64. Olé Olé - Bailando sin salir de casa
63. Yuri - Osito Panda
62. Miguel Bosé - Nena
61. Magneto - Suena Tremendo
60. Alaska y Dinamo - A Quien le importa
59. Mijares - Baño de Mujeres
58. Lucero - Cuentame
57. Caifanes - Viento
56. Emmanuel - La Ultima Luna
55. Alberto Vazques y Juan Sebastian - Maracas
54. Los Toreros Muertos - Yo no me llamo javier
53. Tatiana - Chicas de Hoy
52. Soda Stereo - Cuando pase el templor
51. Rafael - Como yo te amo
50. José José - Preso
49. Chayanne - Fiesta en America
48. Menudo - Claridad
47. Miguel Rios - Bienvenidos
46. Mecano - Ay, Que Pesado
45. Charly garcia - No Voy en Tren
44. Flans - No Controles
43. Venni Vidi Vichi - Viviendo de Noche
42. Hombres G - Sueltate el Pelo
41. Timbiriche - México
40. María Conchita Alonzo - Una noche de copas
39. Mijares - Para amarnos mas
38. Amanda Miguel - El Me Mintió
37. Timbiriche - Con todos menos conmigo
36. Dulce - Heridas
35 Miguel Mateos - Cuando Seas Grande
34 Kenny y los Eléctricos - No Huyas de Mi
33. Jose Luis Perales - Y Como es el
32. Emmanuel y Franco - Toda la vida
31. Franco de Vita - Buen perdedor
30. Luis Miguel - Cuando calienta el sol
29. Rocío Durcal - Amor eterno
28. Miguel Rios - Santa Lucia
27. Fadango - Autos, Moda y Rock N’ Roll
26. Clips - El Final
25. Yuri - Maldita Primavera
24. Victor Manuel y Anabel… - La Puera de Alcalá
23. Los Lobos - La Bamba
22. Parchis - Parchis
21. Neon - Juegos de amor
20. Daniela Román - yo no te pid la luna
19. Ducan Dhu - En algun lugar
18. Jose Luis Rodriguez y El Puma - Agarrense de la manos
17. Enanitos Verdes - La Muralla Verde
16. Pandora - Como te va mi amor
15. El tri - Triste canción
14. La Union - Hombre lobo en parís
13. Emmanuel - La Chica del humo
12. Flans - Bazar
11. Alaska y Dinarama - Ni Tu Ni Nadie.
10. Hombres G - Devuelveme a mi chica
9. José José - Lo Dudo
8. Menudo - Subete a mi moto
7. Caifanes - Negra tomasa
6. Soda Stereo - Persiana Americana
5. Juan Gabriel - Querida
4. Miguel Bosé - Amante Bandido
3. Mecano - Cruz de navajas
2. Timbiriche - Tu y yo somos uno mismo
1. Luis Miguel - La Incondicional

Once upon a time in a world named earth...

Seriously, why the music industry is doing it's best to destroy the music industry, firs the CopyControlled Discs that played in some CD players, although they cost the same and claim to be the same, now they want more money from internet radio statios that promote their music, since it is almos impossible to save the music you heard from those stations, so I don't see the piracy precaution, just greed, the same green that made the users buy or download piracy.

When the music industry is going to get it, affordable music sell more, volume!!

Imagine in 1995 Mexico experience a really hard crisis, Tequila effect, so the cost of a CD went from $100.00 pesos to $250.00 or $300.00, from being the 8th biggest market in the music industry, sales went down for legal music, but piracy grew incredible, the same CD with the same quality for just $50.00 pesos, then it was $20.00 pesos, right now you can get a pirat CD for $15.00 pesos. Instead of reducing costs the labels start to increase price in order to get more of the loyal customers. Long story short, after 10 years they learned part of the leson, the CD are back at $150.00 or $100.00 when new releases, and less than $99.00 after a few months, still more expensive than piracy, that has the same quality and no Copycontrolled stuff.

DVD's are more smart now, they begin costing like $500.00 pesos, in 1995 or so, time passes nobody bought DVD players or DVD's because they where way to expensive, $7000.00 pesos for a DVD player and $500.00 each movie, suddenly stores with tons of stock of movies begin to import chinese DVD players that cost less than $600.00 pesos, and with each DVD player they give for free 2 DVD movies (this was in 2000 or so). Now the movies from several studios when new cost $100.00 pesos and after a few months you can get them for less than $69.00 pesos. Universal Studios was the first in reducing pricing.

Reduce price, be more accesible do not try to get everysingle penny your customer had, or they will cheat on you!.

I'm against piracy, but also I'm against abuse!

Audioadicto.com (audioadict) was the first digital music store in Mexico, the one I used, it sell MP3 files without DRM just with a watermark for $0.90usd or $10.00 pesos. It was open in 2004 created by Samsung for the Yepp music players, later in 2005 Samsung sold the store to someone else, and in 2005 and 2006 many big media companies started to create their own digital music stores (beon.com, tarabu.com, esmas.com, prodigymedia.com) being property of big media power houses audioadicto couldn't compete, eventhough they where the cheapest and more compatible, since they sold MP3 files not WMV with DRM or Real with DRM.

I'm going to give a chance to beon.com, to see how it goes.