willyhoops;199094 Wrote: > For the record i am not a media company stooge but i do work in finance > and have a more sensible view of the world that most people who think > big business is all evil etc (except of course the companies they work > for or have invested in), and drm can't be stopped even though we know, > for example, that the fbi can stop child porn on the net and the us > government have stopped online gambling. > > Most of all i am disgusted at how much potential there is in the > squeezebox and yet how dreadful the reality is. i spent three weeks > writing a tagging program powerful enough for my needs and i am buying > a $700 robotic arm to scan my cd collection. my girlfriend keeps says > "William why are you doing all this stuff... Obviously they are going > to come up with a better way". I keep saying to her not if the general > public don't wake up to the importance of drm. > > I know paying for music will be a bit of a bummer but if we start > buying it again the quality will go up and the price will go down so it > will be worth it! > > And just so you know I don't work for the RIAA I will happily admit > that after scanning my cds i give them to friends and I regularly rip > my friends CDs and suggest they buy a squeezbox and take a complete > copy of my collection. It's a nightmare for the industry but until the > fools build a decent DRM and lock it down with laws we may as well all > join the party. How about an accurate rip + flac sharing web site by > the way? Maybe one that focuses on Classical? Lets do it in style... > (Joke)
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