First off, some CDs (Like comedy CDs, one of EMusic's biggest things) have 20+ tracks each. That changes the averages, big time. Second off, most if not all of the music you find at emusic.com is the same stuff you find in the discount racks at music stores, or huge electronic music collections, the kind that generally sell for a mere $20-30 for a 6 disc set. This is -maybe- still a reasonable offer, but it is definitely not a good deal.
I use EMusic.com. It's reasonably priced, and download rates are awesome. If a similar service were offered for more mainstream music, I'm sure it would succeed, especially when you take out the P2P problem of just hoping somebody with a good connection and a low queue and has the song you want just happens to be connected at the same times you are.
This eMachineshop is just the kind of thing that I was a bit curious (and maybe concerned) about when I first read this article. Setting up legit machine shops around the nation would be easier and probably cheaper, from a criminal point of view, than buying weapons off the black market. Once that had been done, it would be no great task to send out the newest designs for replicas, or even improvements, of illegal weaponry. Once a shop had the designs, they could start making their own weapons. It would be a perfect front, and in the long run, it would be a time and money saver. Wonder why nobody's doing that already?
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First off, some CDs (Like comedy CDs, one of EMusic's biggest things) have 20+ tracks each. That changes the averages, big time. Second off, most if not all of the music you find at emusic.com is the same stuff you find in the discount racks at music stores, or huge electronic music collections, the kind that generally sell for a mere $20-30 for a 6 disc set. This is -maybe- still a reasonable offer, but it is definitely not a good deal.
I use EMusic.com. It's reasonably priced, and download rates are awesome. If a similar service were offered for more mainstream music, I'm sure it would succeed, especially when you take out the P2P problem of just hoping somebody with a good connection and a low queue and has the song you want just happens to be connected at the same times you are.
This eMachineshop is just the kind of thing that I was a bit curious (and maybe concerned) about when I first read this article. Setting up legit machine shops around the nation would be easier and probably cheaper, from a criminal point of view, than buying weapons off the black market. Once that had been done, it would be no great task to send out the newest designs for replicas, or even improvements, of illegal weaponry. Once a shop had the designs, they could start making their own weapons. It would be a perfect front, and in the long run, it would be a time and money saver. Wonder why nobody's doing that already?