Seems that one cannot come down on one side or the
other without risking sniper fire, so I'll come down
firmly in both camps.
Basically I would posit that you are both right. If
you can download the songs from iTunes and burn a CD
of your favorites, then pop it in the car and play to
your heart's content - well, that sure feels a lot
like owning it regardless of what the lawyers have
actually engineered.
And, yes, the quality has been stepped on. But that
has never stopped my niece from cranking her hip-hop
downloads at deafening volumes - and thoroughly
enjoying them. Serious audiophiles are not the target
market. The target is folk who want quick and easy
tunes that sound good over mass-market hardware. In a
nutshell, not everybody wants a Ferrari. The vast
majority of customers vote with their feet and their
dollars for Honda Accords and iTunes.
(Now we reach the flame war portion of the post, which
is: whoever passed the law stating that CD quality
was something to strive for? Real goldenears know
that digital anything has never approached the quality
of 12-inch vinyl. If person X is willing to embrace
the step down from vinyl to CD, then by what license
does that person cast aspersions upon the sound
quality of internet downloads? Now, excuse me while I
zip up my flame suit...)
Anon
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> At 04:53 PM -0700 05/21/2005, Dennis B. Swaney
> wrote:
> >
> >At 99 cents per song or less than $10.00 per album,
> Apple's iTunes
> >Music Store is the best value and the cheapest
> around IF you want to
> >OWN the music.
>
> [Not meaning to attack you directly, Dennis. This
> whole price vs
> quality vs longevity issue of this music fad just
> pushes my buttons.
> I love that Apple is able to cash in on it, but I
> think it's all a
> big rip off.]
>
> You don't OWN the music. You're licensing the track
> for as long as
> the iTunes store stays in business and you can run
> the iTunes
> software. At least it's a loose-DRM, tho - so you
> can convert the
> tracks to mp3 or other formats without any
> significant loss. That
> increases the track's "longevity".
>
> Additionally, realize that what you're actually
> receiving from Apple
> is a mid-level quality version of the tracks;
> nowhere near CD
> quality. By Apple's own explination in the kbase,
> the tracks are
> "optimized" for size to playback on low-base ear-bud
> devices such as
> the iPod. IOW, they're missing so much they sound
> terrible when
> pumped thru a good set of speakers.
>
> - Dan.
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