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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. You probably should change your sig by Microsift · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Since you obviously aren't participating in the blackout...

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  2. Dear Ms. Rosen. by A_Non_Moose · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Moo

    P.S. You've got a friend in the business.

    {sniker}

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  3. Re:Cassette tapes? by cosmo7 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Hi, RIAA guy!

  4. Re:Hmmm.... by colmore · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    In relation to this: In my "Decision Making" class (kind of Psychology meets Ethics, it's tough to explain) we have a celebrity student...

    Monica Lewinski

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  5. oh god,....please..... by mgandhi2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    i have unwittingly been participating in the (H)GSB(really busy....i know its bad when i can't read /.) and wanted to post something. this story...is horrible. malda is right. comments aren't worth much, and its been showing. come on, guys...you can't leave /. ALONE for a week, let alone refrain from posting. however, we need some stories. something better than "burning cds is a part of modern sexual culture." i don't care how this gets modded up or down, just wanted to say something.

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