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From:
Eggy Toast
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Date:
Wed, 14 Jan 2004 11:15:42 -0500 (EST)
Subject:
Re: [idm] Bleep
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<49475.128.220.50.51.1074096942.squirrel@www.eggtastic.com>
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Aaron D Meyers said:
quoted 3 lines P.S. Let's not talk about how I should have backed up my computer before> P.S. Let's not talk about how I should have backed up my computer before > that disaster in April. Its a bitter memory and I'll never make that > mistake again.
I am playing big-evil-demon's advocate, and I agree with you, that a system of backup from the seller's site would be very nice indeed. It's one of the reasons I've never jumped up and down in excitement over online MP3 sales. I'm still not putting my money where my mouth is in support of bleep.com, and I likely won't for a while, for most of the same reasons you mention -- what if? But you do raise a point I've come to accept regarding CDs in the car, and it took me a while to get it through my head that I should simply have copies of the CDs I want to take in the car instead of the actual CD, simply because original CDs cost 12+ and copies cost $.10. I'm lucky to never have had something stolen from my car, but I'd hate to go through that experience. Of course, I also know that those Labradford CDs I have aren't ever going to get listened to in the car, which is why my car CD case only holds about 20 CDs :D I could see it being a very valuable extra feature, but making it optional. perhaps a 'subscription' based setup for bleep.com that would store all of your past purchases, or an extra few cents/dollars per song/album for a 3?5?10? year backup of the songs you purchased. derek -- eggytoast.com : eggtastic.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org