Re: [slim] BBC article: "Copying CDs could be made legal"

2008-01-08 Thread TCM
ceejay;256178 Wrote: > (1) what to do with CDs ... search the forum or elsewhere for "jazz > loft" CD sleeves. Give about a 4:1 space compression over jewel cases > > Ceejay. You can read about Jazz Loft in my link :) -- TCM 'Squeezebox 3' (http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_squeezebox.html) ->

Re: [slim] BBC article: "Copying CDs could be made legal"

2008-01-08 Thread ceejay
(1) what to do with CDs ... search the forum or elsewhere for "jazz loft" CD sleeves. Give about a 4:1 space compression over jewel cases (2) back to the original topic ... a well hidden part of the proposal being consulted on is that the right to copy ("format shifting") as proposed by the orig

Re: [slim] BBC article: "Copying CDs could be made legal"

2008-01-08 Thread Sam Lowry
TCM;256089 Wrote: > Get rid of the jewelcases and you'll save a lot of space. > > http://www.livingwithmusic.com/index.php/main/comments/cd_sleeves/ Thanks for that link. Been thinking about doing this myself - I need the space. As I have posted elsewhere- remember to check if your jewel cases

Re: [slim] BBC article: "Copying CDs could be made legal"

2008-01-08 Thread TCM
adamslim;256047 Wrote: > Has anyone come up with a good solution to what to do with all the CDs? > I don't want them in my living room any more, and don't want to store > 1000s of CDs either, they take up so much space! Get rid of the jewelcases and you'll save a lot of space. http://www.livin

Re: [slim] BBC article: "Copying CDs could be made legal"

2008-01-08 Thread Phil Leigh
adamslim;256047 Wrote: > Has anyone come up with a good solution to what to do with all the CDs? > I don't want them in my living room any more, and don't want to store > 1000s of CDs either, they take up so much space! Mine are in a locked metal box in the garage (2,500 of them). They used to

Re: [slim] BBC article: "Copying CDs could be made legal"

2008-01-08 Thread adamslim
bigfool1956;255924 Wrote: > "Owners would not be allowed to sell or give away their original discs > once they had made a copy." Has anyone come up with a good solution to what to do with all the CDs? I don't want them in my living room any more, and don't want to store 1000s of CDs either, they

Re: [slim] BBC article: "Copying CDs could be made legal"

2008-01-08 Thread killie99
Also, it says you won't be allowed to copy DRM enabled tracks. Now that would suck if I had any DRM enabled tracks . -- killie99 Primare D30.2 CD player, MF 24/96 DAC, MF A1000 Amp, Impulse H2 speakers oh, and an SB3

Re: [slim] BBC article: "Copying CDs could be made legal"

2008-01-08 Thread bigfool1956
Sensible ideas, perhaps like this quote from a related article "Some have pointed out that fast-forwarding through the ads at the start of a DVD now contravenes the law." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3256945.stm But still, it does seem like a step in the right direction, although how t

Re: [slim] BBC article: "Copying CDs could be made legal"

2008-01-08 Thread RainmanRam
Hercules;255898 Wrote: > Copying music from a CD to a home computer could be made legal under new > proposals from the UK government. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7176538.stm That's not how I read it. It sounded to me that it would only be illegal if you sold the original after

Re: [slim] BBC article: "Copying CDs could be made legal"

2008-01-08 Thread killie99
Must be April 1st our government isn't renowed for sensible ideas :) -- killie99 Primare D30.2 CD player, MF 24/96 DAC, MF A1000 Amp, Impulse H2 speakers oh, and an SB3 killie99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [slim] BBC article: "Copying CDs could be made legal"

2008-01-08 Thread Fifer
Hercules;255898 Wrote: > Copying music from a CD to a home computer could be made legal under new > proposals from the UK government. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7176538.stm I just saw that article. A remarkable display of common sense. -- Fifer -

[slim] BBC article: "Copying CDs could be made legal"

2008-01-08 Thread Hercules
Copying music from a CD to a home computer could be made legal under new proposals from the UK government. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7176538.stm -- Hercules Hercules's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com