this post was a classic. i couldn't resist.
quoted 12 lines At 11:57 AM 1/28/01, genomaly@hushmail.com wrote:
> At 11:57 AM 1/28/01, genomaly@hushmail.com wrote:
>
> >Its a shame that this never caught on here. I have had a minidisc
> >player/recorder
> >for the last 3 years and have purchased under 20 CDs since, probably one
> >tenth of the number that I had purchased in the year previous.
>
> Since you're new here, I'll give you some free advice - don't make a point
> of bragging about this sort of stuff on the list. Music piracy (MP3s,
> burning CDs, recording MDs, or whatever) is a fairly touchy subject here,
> especially since there are a lot of artists and label reps on the list, and
> I for one don't want to see another flamewar about this subject erupt. :)quoted 12 lines My opinion
> >My opinion
> >is that it was not only the people that chose not to go with MD, but it
> >was the influence of the RIAA and such. Case in point: DVD vs. Laserdisk.
>
> I'm afraid I don't understand the analogy you're trying to make here.
> Neither DVD nor Laserdisc is a recordable format (well, there are
> recordable DVDs now, but it wasn't really an issue a couple of years ago).
> While I'm sure there was some behind the scenes corporate action that
> caused DVD to win out over Laserdisc as the digital video format of choice
> (much like the VHS/Beta battles of years gone by), I don't see how this has
> any similarity to the RIAA being against a digital music recording format
> like MiniDisc.quoted 18 lines Why, if CD media has become so inexpensive: 25 cents or so a disk, whereas
> >Why, if CD media has become so inexpensive: 25 cents or so a disk, whereas
> >MDs cost about 1 dollar each, haven't CD prices dropped?
>
> Ask Steve Albini or Courtney Love. :) Seriously - there are loads of
> articles and essays regarding this subject all over the place, but the
> bottom line is blatant corporate greed combined with too many hands in the
> music production, distribution and retail business.
>
> >Here is the cool thing about that. In Japan, you can walk down the street
> >and see a kiosk into which you place an MD with space left on it. for about
> >a buck, you can purchase a song listed on a menu and have it put onto your
> >MD. Pretty sweet, and yet, here in the US, they are just now starting to
> >do that with MP3s via Crapster etc.
>
> Yeah, but you can also buy panties worn by teenage girls from vending
> machines in Japan. :) It's a very different culture. Similar initiatives in
> North America, like "make your own compilation CD" kiosks in record stores,
> have rarely gained popularity, even in the days before Napster/MP3.