Furthermore I am now banned from buying booster packs. AND cause I’m in Australia I can’t even download any of the Sony stuff.

So, in summary: I’m paying considerably more for less, Emusic didn’t give me what they promised they would, and now I can’t download my old tracks, I can’t purchase booster packs, AND things that used to be good value (short track albums) are now terrible albums.

If Emusic is determined to lose my custom, they’ve done all the right things. I’m cancelling my subscription. I don’t know how you guys can stand to work for a company which such a complete disregard for its community. It’s pathetic.

You can find most of the Sony/BMG stuff anywhere (like bargain bins at CD stores for less money than it costs here to download Mp3s).

I hope they fire the CEO for this dreadful change, Emusic shouldn’t just be another iTunes, Rhapsody, or Amazon.com.

If this was not the official blog of emusic, why did the CEO of the company decide to post his official notice of the sony deal here rather than simply email it, or redirect to a page on emusic’s web interface?

All of the lines you mention are simply legal ease to try to cover their butts should something not work out in the comment section, or should the editorial team say something that could bring some litigation against emusic.

It’s standard copy-and-paste legal ease for most corporate blogs. This is the official blog for emusic, make no mistake.

I’m sorry, but the editorial team is certainly culpable in this debacle, if for nothing else, the six degrees features. They’ve dropped the ball on making six degrees worth something. Something for the indie labels to expose new music, or something the music fans who frequent these pages… something at all other than standard mojo “top 100 albums” fare.

Once again, I will say that people like Nergal – who I disagree with about emusic and his need to insult other posters who have dissenting views – have had very interesting broad tastes in music. It was people like these who provided others with the most exposure to new and interesting music, not contrived “product improvements” like the really poor six degrees concept.

Six degrees already existed in emusic. You could be downloading a track by taylor swift, only to discover another user who likes classical country, then another who liked classical music and Highlife – that’s how people’s tastes really changed and expanded. It was this open discourse and open minds, enabled by the tools and knowledgeable customers who already existed on emusic that made it special.