The Culture of CD Burning

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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I've learnt my lesson

[t_allardyce]

Well, i for one won't be copying any cd's for a while - my burner has packed up and i'm getting a new one. But, when i get my new drive, i'm going to copy as much as i like. Go screw yourself rosen & co. i've never bought a music cd in my life and i'm not about to start now. :)