bakker_be wrote: > as a european music lover, i mostly object to the so-called > "convenience" of itunes or any other service: It's almost impossible for > me to get good music legally + lossless. Quite a lot of the stuff on > hdtracks for instance is interesting to me, but strictly speaking i'm > forbidden to buy it, as i'm not a us citizen. The offerings of linn etc > are somewhat too esoteric for my tastes, and there's only so much > classical music i can take. > This means that the music industry is forcing me to keep buying physical > media, which i then have to rip, tag, scan for replaygain, scan for > musicip ... I still do this, but a whole lot less than i'd like to, > because: > -i only have so much storage space for physical media > -it's not convenient > -i can't buy from the comfort of my couch at night when the kids are > asleep ... > > This issue isn't caused by the "industry" alone, the artists as well > play a role in it. Bands all over the world tweet about the release of > their new albums, and about when they'll be available in itunes, but > when you directly ask them about buying in flac, there's nothing but > radio silence. Metallica is (partly) an exception to this: Almost any > show of the last 10 years or so is available for sale as a soundboard > recording, in both flac & mp3, right on their tour site, a couple of > days after the performance. No studio material however. I've bought a > lot of those already, most recently the recording of the show i went to > in belgium on may 28th and the 4 shows for their 30th birthday. > I think we (the public in general, squeezebox users in particular) > should all begin pestering any musician we can get access too to begin > making lossless files available. The success of itunes proves that > people still want to pay, but what if nobody sells what you want to buy?
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