re: the NetMD stuff (via USB) Sony does have copyright features built into this protocol and as you use this I'm sure you will notice how cumbersome it is. Fortunately, for music relevant to this list (long mixes)its not to bad, but to upload a bunch of individual tracks it becomes somewhat of a pain (you have to "register" each track with the software and a bunch of other lame rules). I kind think that Sony is shooting themselves in the foot by a) not supporting MP3 for the player (it needs to do a lengthy re-coding to ATRAC3) b)making uploading music so cumbersome that most ppl would run out and get a solid state MP3 player which is much easier to use with half the hassle. What pissed me of the most about my MD player is that the USB connection will only UPLOAD to the player (not download) which effectively makes the best feature of the deck (the ability to record directly to MD) almost useless. Although Sony markets this unit as a Net player it really is not and lacks far behind conventional MP3 players. This is another example of the Corporate world trying to cash in on the internet music but on their terms by controlling content.
-alt -----Original Message----- From: Odeluga, Ken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 10:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Org Subject: [313] MP3, NetMD & Me Yesterday, I succumbed to the attractions of what appears to be a burgeoning trend of highly enticing online music mixes, by buying myself a Sony Net-enabled minidisc player. Now, I thought, I'll be able to pick up any of those dozens of mixes which are posted on to this site almost daily, digitally and quickly - and it'll be great! ('Cause I can be cheesy that way sometimes.) But then I stopped to think. Why is this happening? There is no such thing as a free lunch (as we say here) and what interest have these massive corporations behind making it easier to effectively pirate music, got in doing so? http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2002/tc20020812_4809.htm?c =bwtechaug16&n=link1&t=email Might be the shape of things to come in this respect. If we bear in mind that the same Sony which has cornered the market in technology of transfering digital music from online to off-line, also has cornered "a significant percentage (although it's problematic to be exact for various reasons)" - according to our in-house media bod, of global popular music sales, then we can begin to see that if these things are not happening coincidentally, then perhaps we should be worried. Just my ha'penny worth. Ken --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
