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Cheap On-Line CD/DVD Storage Library?

Posted by Cliff on from the isn't-there-a-market-for-this dept.

ngoy asks: "I download gigabytes of stuff from Usenet and burn it onto CD's (and soon DVD's). I have countless numbers of spindles filled with apps, games, MP3's, and so forth. Does anyone know of a cheap (sub $400) storage library that can hold 300 CD's or more and is smaller than the refrigerator sized libraries of day's old? I know Pioneer used to make a 6 disc CD-ROM changer, based on their car stereo, but that is the largest I have seen for quite a while. Googling for jukeboxes gives me a range of prices starting at $2000 to $6000 on up. Sony makes consumer DVD players that have 300 and 400 disc capacities for $500 and $400, why is there not something similar for computers? If you stripped out the A/V stuff from the Sony, you should save another $50 to $100, so theoretically I should be able to buy a changer for around $300. Isn't there a market for such devices?"

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  1. Help with your piracy? by jpsowin · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So you want us to help with your piracy? I can't believe this was even posted as a news item.

    1. Re:Help with your piracy? by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Yeah, no joke, how pathetic is that?

      I mean, I know everyone here at Slashdot hates intellectual property laws, but let's be real here.

      The answer should be: Use the money you saved by being an ASS to artists and buy a crapload of harddrives.

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  2. Re:Mod a Sony Changer by benjamindees · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I think it's fucking hilarious that all you idiots think this can only be used for piracy.

    Where's all the whining about how deCSS is educational and Napster was a legitimate business?

    Face it: pirating pays for itself, with or without this. 300 x 4.5gb == 1.3 terabytes that can be easily catalogued and removed piecemeal for long-term storage. Where's that fucking hard drive troll now?

    Fucking hipocrites.

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  3. You know what they say about reformed whores... by benjamindees · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    They're the worst kind.

    Fuck you very much for your hipocrisy.
    Were you too stupid not to get caught, or what?

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