Michaelwagner wrote: > Isn't Slimserver kinda like the playboy in the frat house?
SlimNetwork, and most radio stations, yes, I would agree. SlimServer is my collection of CDs that I paid dearly for. > I'm playing some music on the slim when my buddy comes to visit. He > says "hey, what is that, I like it". I look at the display (or he > does), and say "it's the new Madonna (or Springstein, or whatever) > album". (advertising). > He says "neat, I gotta go pick that up for my house". (sale) > So why don't the record companies like it? That was what we tried to tell them. Our idea was to play your music (unlocked by your physical CD) anywhere you were. Then we'd do things like notice that you had five Madonna CDs and send you an ad saying "hey, Mike, there is a new Madonna CD being released next week, click here and buy it, and we'll have it sent to your house as soon as it is released, and we'll unlock it for you so you can listen to it right away." Seemed to is that this would increase CD sales. The RIAA said we had an "illegal collection" They may have gotten smarter, we offered to do a store much like iTunes ended up being, we just had it in 2000 rather than 2005. I'm not a lawyer, I did the crypto and server code. I sure didn't understand them at all. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
