At 11:57 AM 1/28/01, genomaly@hushmail.com wrote:
quoted 4 lines Its a shame that this never caught on here. I have had a minidisc
>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 3 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 2 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.
quoted 5 lines Here is the cool thing about that. In Japan, you can walk down the street
>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.
Greg
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