The Bare Naked Ladies are releasing their latest music on a USB drive. It can be played on a computer, or the tracks loaded onto an MP3 player. While the $30 price tag is somewhat expensive, given the 128 MB flash drive, there is no DRM. That means you can load the files onto any MP3 player with no restrictions. This may be the wave of the future. Restricted CD's (from SONY) are clearly not.
It’s an industry first … today Barenaked Ladies released their latest album, “Barenaked on a Stick” on a 128MB USB flash drive. The reusable $30 flash drive contains a re-release of the BNL’s Barenaked for the Holidays, as well as a number of live recordings and studio video footage, which are not available in any other format. The drive will work on PCs, Macs, even USB ports embedded in a car stereo, as Alice reported on last month. How can it be so compatible, especially with all the DRM troubles Sony is having with just Windows? Easy: no DRM at all.
I'm thinking true fans will buy this thing just to get the logo branded flash drive. If The Beatles release their collection like this, it will have to be on a hard drive!
From Real Tech News
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