In a message dated 1/13/99 6:00:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
<< CDs can be different if a
person is dishonest and has a CDR burner. They can conceivably buy a Del
McCoury CD, burn a CDR, and then sell the CD (as well as numerous CDRs to
people who want to save a buck). I can't replicate a car or Van Gogh for a
fraction of the cost, keep the almost exact replication, and then sell the
the car or Van Gogh. I don't believe this is much of a problem now but it
seems like it could be as soon as more and more people get CDR burners as
the price keeps dropping. In the case of CDs, the CDR is not just a
reasonably, functional copy, I think most people would be hard-pressed to
notice any difference from a sound standpoint. >>
Granted, the sound quality is still an issue, but hell, you've been able to
copy cassettes since I can remember...stereos come equipped with recording
functions. And while to copy a record, cassette, or cd, is technically
illegal, no one has ever thought about making a stink about it (except for
movie studios when VCR's (or rather Beta-Max) came around). Cd burners are no
exception, except the fact that they're new. And again, granted there's a
sound breakdown from cd to tape whereas a cd to cd copy might retain the same
quality, but look at the people who buy music. Soundphiles are a small
fraction, really, of the music-buying public. In effect, the advent of cd-
burning technology is nothing really any different from those cassettes you
have with the hand-written titles and playlists. People don't want to pay for
stuff, and quite frankly, the industry can withstand a little copying.
-Marc Peterson
