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CD vending machines
stick writes
"Now you can get CD's with your own music from a vending machine. It's only in Korea
so far and isn't widespread but it's a neat idea. "
Interesting hoop to jump through. We ought to just be able
to download them. Oh. Wait. *grin*. Nah, vending machines
make a lot more sense.
Remember the company that demanded 1% of all profits from downloaded music and video? The patent that they owned was one for a kiosk where you could make your own tape or CD. It was pretty far-fetched to say that this applies to downloaded music, but this idea has been tried in the US. It has also been done with software in Japan.
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http://slashdot.org/articles/99/01/28/1042222.s
http://www.mpman.com/eng/mp3/mpstation.htm
The thing I mind about music is paying for tracks I'll never listen to -- I can see paying off the artist (who will still swear up and down that they're not doing it for the money) for the tracks while not getting ripped off by the record company.
They ought to have a larger selection -- build a central database of the zillion unknown bands out there so I can build their stuff on CD, too. Maybe I can avoid having to buy a CD burner...
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Posted by Cassull:
Will it take to make a CD? And where will I be able to buy one of these machines? Thank {insert favorite diety (i.e., God, Goddess, Buddha, Yahweh, Linus) here} that they don't have some lame-ass "Yes, I too am a Follow-The-Crowd Wannabe-Tech-Elite" name, though...
Somehow I really doubt that the record industry is going to get behind this. The hole industry is based around having to get 5 different cd's to get five songs you like. Simply put, most albums are loaded with schlock with acouple good songs mixed in. They would simply loose too many sales to this. It would be efficient, it would be nice, it would make sense.....hence it ain't going to happen. Granted, there are some albums out there that is mostly good stuff, but they are few and far between.......
As long as you bought the album, mp3's and burned cd's are legal.
I think I've seen one of these at a highway rest stop! It had a dome you could stand under to listen to the samples of music you could get. I think everything was overpriced though. I'll stick with Circuit City.
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My local movie theater has a machine that sells movie sound tracks on CD. They also include a free movie ticket, all for $15.75. Not too bad of a deal since the a ticket normally costs $9.50.
I had an idea 2 years ago to do a website where you choose your songs and I write them to disk and mail them. . .
I didn't get very far because I needed to make contacts in the industry for royalties.
And several friends told me that people had tried to do this with cassette and failed.
And now 2 places on the web do this, and a physical vending machine!!!
"My husband invented the internet, and I censored all the naughty stuff on it. .
Oh WOW! customized CD's wow! Screw the burner. I'm gonna go to one of these vending machines!
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Well as soon as cd-r's become cheaper and more ubiquitious vending machines will disappear. This strikes me as a silly new idea.
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