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Consumers frustrated by online music catalogues

Digital Living They don't have all the music you want, unless your taste happens to line up exactly with the arbitrary availability of certain songs and artists on the services. The same goes for the labels' massive out-of-print back catalogues, as well as...

16 June 2005, 11:44

Is Prince the prototype?

Digital Living But it goes without saying that few artists enjoy the clout -- or, for that matter, the gumption -- that gave Prince permission to fly solo with his own label and online store while still enjoying success on a massive scale.

Tags: stores, fans, digital music, deal

9 May 2005, 14:48

Which UK music download store is the best?

Digital Living Although its library tops 2 million songs, there isn't any really mainstream music.eMusic is populated by indie artists, independent record labels and musicians you won't see on MTV. I'm trying to decide which MP3 player to buy based on which...

2 May 2007, 16:12

eBay nightmares

Digital Living Scammers will find it hard to maintain a positive rating for that long.eBay's seller feedback page can help you tell the reliable sellers from the rip-off artists But when the package arrives days later, it's no Beanie Baby.

7 May 2005, 15:43

Beware the industry of cool

Digital Living Out of this musical maelstrom of the self come the artists, and the people who love them. There are certain painful issues of identity and crisis bound up in the whole business of music. There's a painful line in Cameron Crowe's excellent film...

16 September 2006, 7:00