Replace Your Music....Again

sethadam1 writes "I was not at all surprised to find that experts are predicting the death of the compact disc in as little as 5 years. This article over at Ananova suggests the next format of music will be little fingernail-sized cards. As cool as these sound, is anyone else worried that sneaky industry folks might try to distribute all new music in DRM'ed WMA files?" Yeah, this description sounds basically like bigger Magic Gate, that wonderful situation where you can pay more than normal to get DRM. Update: 11/13 16:45 GMT by H : As RobertB-DC pointed, this is sort of a dupe - see our previous article.

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They Won't Get Me!

[Acidic_Diarrhea]

I've got 10 CD Players and 10 CD Recorders and 10 copies of every CD I own safely stored away in my technology cellar gathering dust. If these bastards try to switch to some DRM nonsense, I'll live safely off my reserves.

Re:yeah

[mike77]

sure there is!

Giant EMP'S!

Tell me Mr. Anderson, what good is an mp3 if you have nothing to play it on?

Re:wierd dimensions

[cgenman]

Perhaps they mean the justification is paper thin?

Re:wierd dimensions

[Threni]

>So they are fingertip sized, paper thin, and a cubic centimeter? I'm having trouble forming
>a mental image of this...

Hey guys, check out old human-fingers over there!! He doesn't have paper cubes at the end of this fingers! Weirdo!

Cassette Tapes Rule

[fleener]

This news comes as fresh amusement because I am on the verge of converting my CD collection to cassette tape. Cassettes are cheaper media, devoid of DRM, and my car came with a cassette player by default.

I don't dislike CDs, but every CD player I've owned has eventually broken, while my portable cassette players from the '80s are still rollin'.

I'm pretty darn sure that whatever The Corporation decides will be The Next Best Thing, I will still be able to dub it to tape.

To quote Tommy Lee Jones in MIB

[sydbarrett74]

'Oh great, now I have to get the White Album all over again.'

Re:wierd dimensions

[CaptainBaz]

You know you've been using a word processor too long when it takes you several minutes to comprehend how justification could be anything other than "left", "center", "right" or "full" :-)

Good News!

[gad_zuki!]

Farnsworth: "This is a chance for Fry to test out my experimental MP3 pill."
Fry: "I can't swallow that!"
Farnsworth: "Well then, good news! It's a suppository."

Re:Benefit of the upgrade

[Curunir_wolf]

However, if they're willing to sell these things at a reasonable price as the primary medium for music, and end the gouging that exists with CDs, I'd consider it a step forward. If it's just a new medium the industry can overcharge for, then screw it.

Of course they will! Now, naturally they will have to start out a little more than CD's, but just to recoup the equipment investment. But soon the prices will drop dramatically!
Really!
No, no. This time they will!
Promise!