>Depends what way you look at it. Way I see it it's a bit like having stuff
>on tape - when I was at school I ended up with probably hundreds of tapes -
>now I've got about 20, and bought thousands of records and CDs - a lot of
>them stuff I had on tape. Now I know there were definitely people at school
>who never got beyond having stuff on tape, but it's kind of a no loss
>situation - they're not the sort of people who'd have bought it anyway. Then
>again, a lot of that is like the same reasons people buy videos of something
>they could tape for free of the TV or buy down the market for a third of the
>price, or original 45s over re-issues - seems that given the choice a lot of
>people will buy the real deal.
>
>Real question is what will happen when people start selling their music that
>way - might prefer an original 45 to a bootleg, but if you're talking a
>legitimate MP3 versus a 'bootleg' one, there's not really much of an
>emotional investment in it being the real thing.
I totally agree with you. Its one thing download music from the net and listen it on
your computer, but its another when you find a CD in the store, part with the readies,
take it home, unrap it and play it. Its more exciting.
Really you cant sell mp3s on the internet with current technology. Whats the point
when you can copy it and e-mail it 1000 times to everyone you know.
Although I do have a large mp3 collection I do not want to distribute them, just use
them for research, thats all.
Minij
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