I've been watching over this whole MP3 thing. To me, I sorta see where the record companies and bands are coming from, but then again I'm not. Personally, I've downloaded music... i've downloaded some stuff from bands i never got into. I'd listen to it... if i liked it, i went out and got the CD. There, the musicians got their money. Hadn't i not have heard that one song, i may never have even gotten into the band in question. Ah well, i'm just interested to see where this is gonna take MP3s and the technology in general
I remember the good ole days of BBSing...you know, when 14400 modems were king, and the warez boards were cool. I used to run a BBS back in the day. Usership was pretty good... most of them did the online game thing. I didn't have a huge file section, but I tried to keep things different. There was one BBS in the area that tapped into the net... offering access and such, but the price they charged was insane. The major downfall of BBSing in my area came when the ISPs invaded... I miss the message networks thing...
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I've been watching over this whole MP3 thing. To me, I sorta see where the record companies and bands are coming from, but then again I'm not. Personally, I've downloaded music... i've downloaded some stuff from bands i never got into. I'd listen to it... if i liked it, i went out and got the CD. There, the musicians got their money. Hadn't i not have heard that one song, i may never have even gotten into the band in question. Ah well, i'm just interested to see where this is gonna take MP3s and the technology in general
I remember the good ole days of BBSing...you know, when 14400 modems were king, and the warez boards were cool. I used to run a BBS back in the day. Usership was pretty good... most of them did the online game thing. I didn't have a huge file section, but I tried to keep things different. There was one BBS in the area that tapped into the net... offering access and such, but the price they charged was insane. The major downfall of BBSing in my area came when the ISPs invaded... I miss the message networks thing...