----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Weeden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Hardware List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 3:31 PM Subject: Re: [H] xmas related tale of Yahoo music to go
It is nice but there are a couple of downsides to the Yahoo service: 1. You don't own the music, you just rent it. If you ever stop
Speaking of owning recorded material, you do own the media you record on. You can record it again and again on media of the same type of media of a different type. What you do not own is distribution rights, free or for money. You violate the law when you distribute the recordings of copyrighted material.
Years ago I discovered that on the slower of the 3 recording speeds, the fidelity of a recoding on a VHS HiFi VCR tape was just as good as the same recording on the higher of the 3 speeds. I got 6 hours on each five dollar VHS HiFi recording. I overlooked the fact that my huge waste of money was over a few quick years, purchasing 3 HiFi VCR's at around a thousand bucks each! My point is I did and still own those tapes, full of music. Note that for these I did not record any video. I took advantage of the HiFi audio tracks on the VHS tapes.
Our peer to peer network 30 years ago was loaning each other tapes and records when evolved into loaning each other DVD's before much of it went to peer to peer Internet connections. I am sure many still loan their friends DVD movies etc. We have no idea if they simply play them or record them.
If MP3's are recorded in a format where their play time expires, simply re-record them into plain MP3's that do not have those restrictions. 30 years ago if you had a microphone, you could record any sound, although your got far more fidelity if you went line out to line in. Now we may have to resort to methods that are somewhat primitive, but we can record material. If you can hear it, a microphone can record it, although it is better to use a line feed. The end result you own and it is recorded in the format you choose, not its original format. So how can these expire, especially if they are digital and not analog such as on analog tape?
True, it may take some work, but you can own recording that do not expire. Again, it is the distribution that is illegal.
Chuck
