Dan Frakes wrote:
>
I think that you would lose that bet. If you say the "songs" meaning some
version of the song, maybe 50 to 75%. Maybe. But you would probably have to buy
75 to 100 CD just to get 100 individual songs.
But Napster offers something that you have no why of knowing about just by
looking at a CD. Alternate versions of the song!! For example, I found at
least 3 different versions of "Green Eyed Lady" (Sugerloaf) [on my list of top
100 songs of all time-just this humble music lover's modest personal opinion].
What are the chances of finding all three versions? How can you tell they are
different?? Not all CDs list the time on the outside liner notes, so you can't
used approach (unreliable anyway).
> >>I'd be willing to bet all the money to my name that 99% of the songs on
> >>Napster are available at Tower, Virgin, or an online CD store.
>
> 2) I'd put money that I could go to Virgin records here in S.F. and
> either find the stuff you mentioned on the racks, or could order them and
> get them within a week.
Which version?? How many CD's are you going to have to buy to get the 10 songs
that you want?
> My undergraduate degree is in Pharmacy, so I still tend to follow the industry
> news. I think that the prices drugs companies get is outragous!! It is bull
> that they have to pay for R and D and testing. The drug companies give modest
> grants to Universities who conduct the majority of the studies.
But as much unjust enrichment as the drug companies get, at least you don't have
to buy 10 different drugs just to get the one you want!
The 20th Century way of distributing music is not acceptable any more. With the
options that people have today, many people are no longer will to put up with the
"buy 10 songs to get one" concept any more! "We're mad as hell and we're not
going to take it anymore" (from the movie Network).
Just my 2 cents,
Larry
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