I don't think willyhoops is a troll - I think he genuinely believes in what he's advocating, and he has actually read our responses and adjusted his position during the thread. I think this is an issue on which reasonable people can disagree.
In my opinion, the question of tags is rather disconnected from DRM. I'd love to have more accurate tags, lyrics, background information about the band, artwork, etc. attached more firmly to electronic format music. However the assumption that this can only happen if there is a DRM protected profit motive is clearly false. If we get rid of music copyright, artists will make money from live shows, and albums will be essentially promotions for those shows, which the artists have control over. Then there's a clear incentive for them to tag their work, make it attractive and interesting by including art, photos, or whatever they like. It might lead to a new art form, some mix of music, visual art, websites, live performances, whatever. This kind of thing doesn't happen much now, at least not in the mainstream, because the labels have things locked down quite tightly. As for 24/96, I don't think that's necessary - there's no solid evidence anyone can distinguish it from 16/44.1 in any kind of normal music listening (I know many will disagree with me, but that statement as I made it is true). On the other hand, why not? And again, I think willy is incorrect that this will only happen if the big studios do it - on the contrary, it's very easy to make such recordings and release them with current tech. -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
