On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:07:03 -0000, "Norman Wells"
wrote:
>> I'd say that I
>> discard at least 90% of the stuff I download, either by physically
>> deleting it or by "archiving" it in a directory that I'm never likely
>> to access again.
>
>Oh no, that doesn't wash with me. If you delete it after one listen, I'd
>say OK. But there's no reason to archive stuff that you never intend to
>listen to again. If you do archive it, you should pay.
I'm a digital hoarder. I have HDDs that have not been spun-up in
years. I keep things "in case they come in handy" - knowing full well
that it is unlikely that they ever will. I've still got about 50
programs for the Sinclair Spectrum on cassette tape. But I don't have
either a Spectrum or a casette player.
>> Well, I'm a coffin-dodger, so naturally the sort of music that I like
>> is prehistoric and long out of production.
>I wonder if you've actually tried to find it. There are huge back
>catalogues available now through legitimate sites where you pay per track.
>Unless your tastes are unbelievable esoteric, I frankly don't believe you.
Definitely out of production, but may still be available to buy from
somewhere. No, I've not looked too hard. Occasionally I'll recall a
track from my youth, and have a yen to hear it again. I suppose I
*could* search high and low for somewhere that stocks it and then wait
a couple of weeks for it to be delivered. Or I could open Limewire
and be listening to it 5 minutes later. It has nothing to do with
money - it is the convenience. Give me a pay site with the same
availability and instant download, and I'd use that instead.
I also download printed music. In that case however there are sites
that have a good choice with decent search facillities where I can pay
for a legitimate copy. So that's what I do.
I also download MIDI files. Potentially breaching the copyright of
both the composer and the artist who created the MIDI interpretation
(though the latter have invariably posted them for free downloading).
Quite often I will use only one or two tracks from the MIDI file
(usually the drum track), in order to play along to it on a music
keyboard.
>>>> There is the *beginnings* of such systems coming
>>>> online, and maybe that's the best way for the music industry to go.
>>>If the Motorhead (?) album is what you're thinking of, the industry is
>>>strangely very coy about the results of that experiment.
>> I was thinking of "itunes"
>Have I got this right? You think itunes represents 'the beginnings of such
>systems'?
It is a site where you can get an instant music download that you pay
a small amount to own legitimately. I don't use it because I don't
trust the software that must be installed before you can use it.
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Cynic
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