Lars: Yeah, I mean I think we answered that before. Of course we have, ok? And of course it's a valid point. The bottom line is the size of it. The size of it and the quality of it. When we go in, and check Napster out, we come up with 1.4 million copyright infringements in 48 hours, this is a different thing than trading cassette tapes with your buddy at school. I mean, 48 hours! So it's the quality, the quality and the scale.
It is the quality and the scale?????????? Who is he kidding. Can he prove that of those 1.4 million copies, noone who downloaded them owned the appropriate CDs?
I own several CDs but I don't want to carry them everywhere I bring my laptop. However, if I have MP3s for all of my CDs, they don't add any wieght to my system.
How I get the MP3s is another question. should I spend 20 to 30 minutes a song and rip them myself of should I download them from someone else who owns the CD as well and has already ripped them in 5 to 10 minutes a song. My time is valuable. I think I'll go for the shorter time.
As for Napster, it is a tool that allows me to easily find the files for the CDs I already own. I have a question for the peanut gallery; how many people out there download MP3s for CDs they don't have and keep them permanently? I don't. I use the MP3s I download to decide if a CD is worth buying.
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Let me think..... I can use Eudora to read my email or download IE 5.5 and risk my machine being screwed up even more.
I'm sticking with Eudora.
Hey someone already has the trademark on C Sharp. Just ask Al Stevens of Dr. Dobb's Journal.
Have you ever heard of the concept of "Presumed Innocent until Proven Guilty?"
It is the quality and the scale?????????? Who is he kidding. Can he prove that of those 1.4 million copies, noone who downloaded them owned the appropriate CDs?
I own several CDs but I don't want to carry them everywhere I bring my laptop. However, if I have MP3s for all of my CDs, they don't add any wieght to my system.
How I get the MP3s is another question. should I spend 20 to 30 minutes a song and rip them myself of should I download them from someone else who owns the CD as well and has already ripped them in 5 to 10 minutes a song. My time is valuable. I think I'll go for the shorter time.
As for Napster, it is a tool that allows me to easily find the files for the CDs I already own. I have a question for the peanut gallery; how many people out there download MP3s for CDs they don't have and keep them permanently? I don't. I use the MP3s I download to decide if a CD is worth buying.
So just where did the dolphins end up after they left?