quoted 3 lines Exactly. The MP3s fall under the same idea as a standard cd/vinyl> Exactly. The MP3s fall under the same idea as a standard cd/vinyl
> release, so if you play it out you fall under the dj licenses that
> normally apply.
I hope so.
quoted 4 lines Agreed. Although, the MP3 files are at a high enough bitrate that it> Agreed. Although, the MP3 files are at a high enough bitrate that it
> doesn't really bother me. I have hope that they'll explore other options,
> since it doesn't affect bandwidth, only server storage, and that's
> generally cheap nowadays.
Encoding an entire back catalogue can be a pain too. Especially when
releases aren't on CD... Or you don't even have masters to produce from. The
encoding itself can be batched, but getting the meta data right is a pain...
None of the contributed DB systems are reliable, and getting a monkey to do
it means mistakes.
quoted 6 lines I like OGG, out of general sound principle, and I don't have any real> I like OGG, out of general sound principle, and I don't have any real
> problem with the prices that seem to be abound -- between .99 and 1.50 a
> track, $10 or so for a full album. I just finished encoding every CD I
> own to OGG so I have access to it at my fingertips, so it's not entirely
> different to me at this point. In fact, I wouldn't be worried about
> running out of space for storage anymore :D
Apart from diskspace / backup space.
_d._
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