{"id":3079,"date":"2008-10-21T00:19:33","date_gmt":"2008-10-21T04:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/?p=3079"},"modified":"2008-10-21T00:19:33","modified_gmt":"2008-10-21T04:19:33","slug":"lala-the-return-of-mymp3com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2008\/10\/21\/lala-the-return-of-mymp3com\/","title":{"rendered":"Lala: The return of my.mp3.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes — in fact, most of the time — it seems as though the music industry has changed very little since the early days of Napster and the invention of the mp3 file. Lawsuits still shut down Web-based music services and tie people up in court, record labels still primarily ignore the potential of the Internet, and so on. But at least one thing has changed: the idea of an online music locker where you can store songs<\/a> seems to be something to promote, rather than something to sue into oblivion. It’s one of the main features of the newly-relaunched<\/a> Lala service.<\/p>\n

This feature, as Harry notes at Technologizer<\/a>, happens to be exactly the same as a service that Michael Robertson used to offer way back when, known as MyMp3.com. Users could simply have the service scan a compact disc and then the songs would be unlocked online, so that they could be listened to anywhere there was Internet access. It was a great service, and like Harry I was pretty sad to see it get shut down after a lawsuit from the RIAA (Michael has since tried to create a similar service at mp3tunes.com, which is also being sued<\/a> by EMI).<\/p>\n

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Now, apparently, the four major record labels see the wisdom of such a service, and have licensed their music to Lala for that purpose. In addition to the locker function, the site<\/a> also seems to be setting a new low in pricing: downloads are as little as $7.49 for an album — with streaming included — and you can stream any song for just 10 cents (although as Brad Stone notes, sites like iMeem and Last.fm offer streaming for free). <\/p>\n

Is the new Lala the next revolution<\/a> in online music? It looks to have at least one compelling feature that no one else is offering, which is a good start. I’m trying the service out, and I’ll let you know what I think. Stan Schroeder at Mashable says that he doesn’t like Lala’s business model much, primarily because it’s too restrictive<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Sometimes — in fact, most of the time — it seems as though the music industry has changed very little since the early days of Napster and the invention of the mp3 file. Lawsuits still shut down Web-based music services and tie people up in court, record labels still primarily ignore the potential of the … <\/p>\n

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