[Fuxy]

I use Spotily for streaming however I don't use it to create a offline library exactly for this DRM shit.

I'd rather outright buy the songs somewhere else and have them backed up on another computer as well with btsync just in case these DRM apps try to pull some crap.

[krisgenre]

I used to buy songs from an online store ( Flyte by Flipkart.com, which later was shutdown ) and upload it to Ubuntu One ( which too is going to be shutdown ).

The above scenario worked perfectly for me. I could access all my music anytime and from any device but unfortunately looks it didn't work out for the vendors :)

[goldfeld]

I'm looking into this (again! I used to buy from 7digital but it seems they're no longer in the same business model) after having used Rdio for quite some time, because I just hate not being able to play songs when I most want to because I don't have internet or it's flaky or I'm at another machine.

From a quick research it seemed that Amazon MP3 was DRM-free.. not that I trust them too much or would want to support Amazon, but it seemed the only option with a good catalogue.

[jasomill]

AFAIK, iTunes has a larger selection of DRM-free music than Amazon. And if you don't want to use Amazon or iTunes, I was under the impression that essentially all pay by the song / album services are DRM-free, and have been since shortly after iTunes dropped music DRM.

[ing33k]

yeah, this still appears to an unsolved problem, even the mighty flipkart were not able to sort out the licenses properly.

I think saavn pro might be an option.

http://www.saavn.com/pro/

[krisgenre]

Saavn pro is mobile only :(. I like their pricing though, paying Rs 5 as when you want for a day is an excellent way to let people try it out.