wtf, so the only way i can listen to cds is through a cd player (um...who really uses those anymore?) or a stereo system?
i think i should just go rip all of the cds i have onto my computer, just to spite them
I still use my cd player on occasion. Since my mp3 player only holds 120 songs on it. Sometimes it nice to just crank out a cd and listen to it but i do that on my lap top where i rip it generally
I occasionally play a CD (actually most of the time) when I take a shower. I have a boombox in there. So I listen to a CD in there. That's pretty much the only place or time I do listen to a physical CD. Otherwise it just sits there on a shelf
I remeber i bought a cd and saw that i cant rip it to my computer and said that it was protected. but if they will do this next year oh well how will you put songs from your iPod of mp3 player?
Unless they didn't pay for or illegally obtained this CD, that part of the lawsuit should be demolished.
Otherwise, the RIAA only has them by their KaZaA for sharing the tracks.
However, the RIAA overall needs a reality check and needs to be aware of how today's consumer culture is.
Truthfully, I'd like to start legally paying under $.50 (or better yet, a quarter) per digital copy of one track now, especially for the ones that are greatly promoted singles. (such as The Pretender, Stronger, Apologize, etc.)
Music sales will never be what they were pre-Napster/internet. Also marketing has evolved so much (with Myspace, etc.) that there is now more variety in how people discover music -- not just MTV and the radio -- so there will never be a super megastar again, like Whitney Houston or Britney Spears or *NSYNC, selling a two million records a week.
The music industry keeps denying all of this though, and get pissed cause they will never make as much money as they did. They are just stuck in their ways and have no clue how to adapt.
I understand RIAA's point, but i think it's ridiculous. There are responsible people in this world who just this method of ripping songs from CDs for your own personal use, whereas others decided to share them through P2P use. You can't ban everyone for that.
but if they will do this next year oh well how will you put songs from your iPod of mp3 player?
