[snipped part about getting rid of cd's that aren't listened to or liked
because anything more than 1000-1500 is wasteful]
i've been going through a pretty big purge of my collection right now, and
i've only got about 1000. it's great, i paid $20 for 5 new cd's at the
local shop.
quoted 7 lines I'm not suggesting this is a dogma people follow, and>I'm not suggesting this is a dogma people follow, and
>I'm as fanatical about records as the rest of you, but
>why keep it if you'll never listen to it again? What we
>really need to do is establish a National Electronic
>Music Library where we can archive everything and
>people can come in and listen to whatever they want.
>Maybe I can petition the government to fund it.
public libraries seem to be about the only thing that the gov't has had a
hand in that haven't gone completely to hell. the problem i see with this
idea is actually the record companies. if someone reads a copy of a book at
a local library and decided he/she really likes it, they're not going to
sit there and photocopy 250-800 pages. it costs far less to actually
purchase the book for $8 ($20 if it's hardcover). however if someone were
to borrow a cd from the local music library and decide they really like it,
they can spend $1 on a cdr and copy it. now while i *know* that no one on
this list would do such a thing and would actually go out and *buy* a copy
of said music, i don't really believe that the general public has that kind
of scruples.
dil
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