It's pathetic that no one, including the press, is calling the record companies on this rip-off. These companies would rather whine and pay off congressmen instead of taking three simple steps to curb piracy and make more money.
1. Offer uncompressed downloads of individual songs, something that you typically don't find on peer-to-peer networks.
2. Sell every song that gets airplay on a CD single, with artwork and a "B side" like a 45.
3. Put music that people ACTUALLY WANT on DVD-Audio.
If people start paying for compressed music, we'll wind up with sound where we are with video: No high-quality media left AT ALL. Compression is killing art, no joke. Ever notice that DirecTV goes to great pains to avoid using the word "good" in their ads? "Yes, every channel is 100 percent 'digital quality'." I had an answering machine that was 100 percent digital quality, and you couldn't understand what people were saying.
Welcome to the Digital Millenium, where the media purveyors call you, the customer, STUPID and get away with it.
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It's pathetic that no one, including the press, is calling the record companies on this rip-off. These companies would rather whine and pay off congressmen instead of taking three simple steps to curb piracy and make more money. 1. Offer uncompressed downloads of individual songs, something that you typically don't find on peer-to-peer networks. 2. Sell every song that gets airplay on a CD single, with artwork and a "B side" like a 45. 3. Put music that people ACTUALLY WANT on DVD-Audio. If people start paying for compressed music, we'll wind up with sound where we are with video: No high-quality media left AT ALL. Compression is killing art, no joke. Ever notice that DirecTV goes to great pains to avoid using the word "good" in their ads? "Yes, every channel is 100 percent 'digital quality'." I had an answering machine that was 100 percent digital quality, and you couldn't understand what people were saying. Welcome to the Digital Millenium, where the media purveyors call you, the customer, STUPID and get away with it.