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The Culture of CD Burning

Posted by timothy on from the yeast-yogurt-and-mp3s dept.

An anonymous reader points to this "good article from the Boston Globe about the culture of CD burning, and how hard it will be for the RIAA to stop it. Some interesting quotes: 'There's a "sex appeal" to burning CDs, says [Sheryl] Crow, adding that it is a social event for young people, just as listening to 45s was once a social event for their parents.' An interesting one from Hilary Rosen: "I ask them, 'What have you done last week?' They may say they wrote a paper on this or that. So I tell them, 'Oh, you wrote a paper, and you got an A? Would it bother you if somebody could just take that paper and get an A too? Would that bug you?' So this sense of personal investment does ring true with people." Seems like at least one musician thinks his A paper is being peddled all over town.

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  1. This is what she really said... by infinite9 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Would it bother you if somebody could just take that paper and get an A too?

    That should read: Would if bother you if someone copied your paper instead of paying me for the paper I coerced you into giving me?

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  2. "... a cruel and shallow money trench..." by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 5, Funny


    "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway, where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." -- Hunter S Thompson

    I like this quote, but I think that Thompson was a little too positive. Maybe he was having an excessively good day.

  3. Re:recordable discs outsold CDs for the first time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    in other shocking news...

    paper outsold books.
    Authors everwhere are outraged.

    -xmod2@toolazytoolookupmypassword.com