Re: MD: Napster..off topic still!

las wrote: > > I guess the best way to put it is that the majority of people who use Napster > aren't doing so solley for the purpose of getting totally free music. They > would be will to pay a modest fee. Don't forget that these downloads are going > to be of varied quality: CD quality sinc

RE: MD: Napigator : How does it work ?

"Tony Antoniou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >All the answers to your questions are on Napigator's website. And >yes, of course it is legal! How so? - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" t

Re: MD: Napster viewpoint

jgvp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The discernible difference to me personally is that Napster permits >me to have a choice to what want to listen to right there and >then, as opposed to having to listen to maybe an hour or two's worth >of music ( to say nothing of the excruciating advertising

Re: MD: Napster..off topic still!

las <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I guess the best way to put it is that the majority of people who use >Napster aren't doing so solley for the purpose of getting totally >free music. They would be will to pay a modest fee. Don't forget that >these downloads are going to be of varied quality: CD

Re: MD: Good/Evil and MD Flip Cases

James Jarvie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >By the way...does anyone know where I can buy MD flip >cases like the ones that come with Hi-Space discs? You can get them from . I think they sell 20 cases for $9.95. ---

RE: MD: Napster R.I.P.?

That's great... Hope this will last... Hopefully the time I set up Napster and figure how it works exactly... Regards... Peter. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Graham Baker Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 10:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Su

Re: MD: Napster R.I.P.?

FYI GB -Original Message- From: Eric de Fontenay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 29 July 2000 00:08 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mi2N NEWS FLASH: NAPSTER WINS APPEAL ~ Mi2N~ MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS NETWORK http://www.m

Re: MD: Napster..off topic still!

>If you have no way of paying for something then how can it be >stealing??? It's not stealing if there is no way to pay for it!! >Not true at all. TOTALLY agree... sorry las, but i don't think you can legitimately back up that arguement!. i'm not saying that i don't have mp3's of stuff that

Re: MD: Napster stuff again...

> > > I don't mean that i disagree with boycotting, but is it likely that these > companies will ever have a change of heart/brain where profits are > concerned? Unfortunately you statement reminds me of something I learned a long time ago. We were learning about passive resistance and Ghandi.

Re: MD: Napster R.I.P.?

Oop, sent wrong page. Try this one http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/financial/27tsc-napster.html Jim Lee -- == James S. Lee| Net: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Communication Studies, CB# 6235 | Phn: 919-962-4963 University of North Car

Re: MD: Napster R.I.P.?

Napster lives (at least for now). http://www.nyt.com/ Peter Forest wrote: > I just read this interesting article by Rob Walker at MSN.COM news... > > Napster R.I.P.? > By Rob Walker > Posted Thursday, July 27, 2000, at 12:05 p.m. PT > > Wednesday's ruling by a California judge that Napster must

RE: MD: 80 Minute Month @ Music Mixers

Very Good Price Les !!! I hope everybody will be able to take advantage of this great deal !!! If you need a smaller quantity, we offer the 80mn 5 pack for $12.00 ($2.40 each) with Paypal Direct Payment on our website... But we can't beat this really good price for bigger quantity ! Don't hesi

MD: Napster R.I.P.?

I just read this interesting article by Rob Walker at MSN.COM news... Napster R.I.P.? By Rob Walker Posted Thursday, July 27, 2000, at 12:05 p.m. PT Wednesday's ruling by a California judge that Napster must shut down its popular music-file-swapping feature has caused a lot of teeth-gnashing

MD: 80 Minute Month @ Music Mixers

=== The original message was multipart MIME=== === All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed === Hello all The entire month of August has been declared 80 Minute Month at = www.musicmixers.com/mall , unless stock is gone before then! Twenty = Five 80 Minute Color MDs by

Re: MD: MD Flip Cases

| By the way...does anyone know where I can buy MD flip cases like the ones | that come with Hi-Space discs? ... I found one place that was selling 2 | flip cases for $5.00. Way too much, when I can get two Hi-Space discs in | flipcases for that much. Is one-fifth of that price better? Min

Re: MD: Napster

"Matthew Wall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Actually i can almost guarantee that newsgroups over thier entire >lifetime have had more copyrighted material downloaded from them than >napster ever has. they were going very very strong when i was in >college, and this was in '92, and i know they w

Re: MD: Napster

las <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >If napster is bad for the music industry, then how come sales are up >since Napster started?? That doesn't mean that Napster is responsible for increased sales at all. The economy is way up since Napster was started. Maybe sales would be up even more if Napster

RE: MD: Napster

"Tony Antoniou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>I'd be willing to bet all the money to my name that 99% of the songs >>on Napster are available at Tower, Virgin, or an online CD store. > >Wrong bet. There's a lot of stuff out there that just can't be found at ANY >CD store, and believe me, I have t

MD: Good/Evil and MD Flip Cases

> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 19:30:35 -0400 > From: "Peter Forest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: MD: Good Thought ! > > Think you may like this... > > "Good needs evil if it is to be able to manifest > itself. ... Sounds like you've been reading too much Camus. By the way...does anyone know wher

Re: MD: Sony 940 deck

Leon theorized, | If I'm not mistaken, the 940 can do up to 320 minutes of stereo recording, | from using ATRAC3 encoding. So Sony may have left mono recording out. I hope not, though. It makes no sense to reduce the bit-rate by 50% to make room to have redundant copies of identical left and

Re: MD: Napster and my venting

"Matthew Wall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I cut everything except this last part. I disagree 110% with your statement >that people who use napster dont purchase cd's. Personally i do use napster >for sampling only. Since i started using it, my cd purchases have increased >big time. most of t

Re: MD: Sony 940 deck

If I'm not mistaken, the 940 can do up to 320 minutes of stereo recording, from using ATRAC3 encoding. So Sony may have left mono recording out. It's highly likely that it will play mono tracks, though. Leon > Does anyone yet own the Sony 940 deck? the specs don't show it recording in > mono

Re: MD: Napster viewpoint

Will someone please explain to the recording industry the difference between my being able to record the same artist's performance from an FM Tuner to MD compared to recording it from Napster to MD ? Either way there is now no additional cost to me after purchasing all the necessary not inexpens

MD: Sony 940 deck

Does anyone yet own the Sony 940 deck? the specs don't show it recording in mono, that's surely not been left out, has it? - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: MD: Napigator : How does it work ?

Justly... I read the website, and it was not so clear for me... Don't forget that I'm not so familiar wit all this... Is it ok if I use Internet Explorer ? I don't know nothing about UNIX... Pierre. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tony

MD: Napster and other things

Hey everyone, I'm a long time lurker on this list and I thought I'd throw in my opinion on this whole Napster thing. First of all, you guys are kidding yourself by trying to boycott the RIAA buy not buying CDs. There are way to many people that purchase CDs everyday for any online community to a

RE: MD: Napigator : How does it work ?

All the answers to your questions are on Napigator's website. And yes, of course it is legal! Adios, LarZ --- TAMA - The Strongest Name in Drums --- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Peter Forest Sent: Fr

RE: MD: Good Thought !

Yes, semantics it is ! Peter. Didn't I hear that on the TV show "Millennium?" I'm not doing any flaming here and apologize for getting off of the topic, but that is one of those cryptic statements that people like Chris Carter write that really have no meaning in the real world. Saying that

MD: Napigator : How does it work ?

Hi Everyone... Yesterday I've downloaded Napigator from the website someone give us on the list... However, I don't know what to do with this ? May I use it with Internet Explorer or I need to have Unix ??? How can I download MP3 songs with Napigator ? Is it legal ? Usually I was going on se

Re: MD: Napster

"I don't get this. A band is upset that people are stealing their music, they try to shut down the company making such theft possible, and that makes them "lower than pond scum?" They *aren't* suing their fans. They are going after Napster." You don't know your fact. There are also several John

Re: MD: Napster and my venting

" Nice idea except for one fact: the people downloading the songs aren't the people who have been buying all the CDs, concert tickets, etc." I don't know that is true. Who is going to download their music?? People who don't like them?? Come on! I'm sure that many, many of the people that ha

Re: MD: Good Thought !

Didn't I hear that on the TV show "Millennium?" I'm not doing any flaming here and apologize for getting off of the topic, but that is one of those cryptic statements that people like Chris Carter write that really have no meaning in the real world. Saying that without evil there could be no go

Re: MD: Napster

=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === If napster is bad for the music industry, then

Re: MD: Napster stuff again...

But maybe the small bands could bypass the record corporations altogether if Napster was still around? They could market their own music, (as many small bands have done) and then any sales would go direct to the band, insted of 99% of it to the greedy suits in the greedy record corps... IMHO, th

Re: MD: Napster..off topic still!

re: >I disagree 110% with your statement that people who use napster dont >purchase cd's. well.. most of the mp3's i have are songs i already own, i just don't want to take my cd's to work. I have some rare stuff live/old that i don't think is for sale (legally, anyway). I have some that

RE: MD: JE520 transport mech repairs?

--- Alan Dowds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wow - Richer Sounds backdated the warranty? That's bloody fantastic > - did > you have to haggle hard or did they just offer? They just offered - it took me by surprise too. I don't know whether my off-the-cuff remark about this being the very fir

Re: MD: Napster

Da: Dan Frakes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > All that said, I think your idea about charging a modest fee for MP3 > downloads is a good one, and one we'll see before too long. There's something even easier: if Napster showed commercial banners, it could still be free... something like "look at our comm

Re: MD: Napster and my venting

Da: Dan Frakes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For those that don't want to waste the bandwidth (and their time), the > gist of the above cartoon is this: "Metallica fans who spend hundreds of > dollars buying Metallica CDs, concert tickets, t-shirts, etc. are great > unless they download Metallica MP3's,

Re: MD: Napster NATIONAL BOYCOTT

okay... having read more messages in the topic, and now been to these sites, I'm more inclined to say that these companies can src3w themselves. sorry if any of my earlier comments annoyed anyone... g seanB >PrinceGaz wrote > I knew I would get some dubious info from thr RIAA site, but

RE: MD: Napster

You bet wrong yet again. Who makes these statistics? Do you seriously believe that someone impartial to the RIAA has actually come up with the figures? The distribution of MP3's never even multiplied with a puff of smoke, let alone explode to astronomical proportions as the "statisticians" would

RE: MD: Napster

Gotta work out a better quoting system in Word, but this will do. Read on. Adios, LarZ --- TAMA - The Strongest Name in Drums --- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Dan Frakes Sent: Friday, 28 July 2000 4:

Re: MD: Napster stuff again...

> Right on, lets all stop buying CDs and more importantly, tell all our > friends to stop buying them and why. If you really need some music use > a Napster alternative But surely this is still going to hurt the bands? I'm not defending the corporations here (although it sounds a bit like it..

Re: MD: Napster NATIONAL BOYCOTT

> Boycotts have worked in the past. When I was a little boy (a million years > ago) living in NYC they started a boycott against s company called Judy Bond > Clothes. They had shopping bags that said "Don't buy Judy Bond Clothes". > There's no Judy Bond clothes anymore is there?? heehee.. the

Re: MD: Napster

Actually i can almost guarantee that newsgroups over thier entire lifetime have had more copyrighted material downloaded from them than napster ever has. they were going very very strong when i was in college, and this was in '92, and i know they were around a long long time before i noticed the

Re: MD: Napster and my venting

> For those that don't want to waste the bandwidth (and their time), the > gist of the above cartoon is this: "Metallica fans who spend hundreds of > dollars buying Metallica CDs, concert tickets, t-shirts, etc. are great > unless they download Metallica MP3's, in which case the band wants them >