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Thread ID: 124304	2012-04-17 21:48:00	The first Thrid Strike	Paul.Cov (425)	PC World Chat

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1270658	2012-04-18 23:40:00	Which is exactly the same thing as when you buy a CD, except you didn't have to bother burning it. Since there is no difference, so there's no reason for them to prefer CDs over lossless downloads. It's also why I prefer CDs over DRM'd and lossy online crap, because you buy it, you have a physical and tangible copy, and then you can rip it and play it on whatever you like. Yes once they started putting music on CD's that was the end fro them. But don't forget that when CD's first came out they were $45 each ! And there were only about machines in the world that could burn them. Now there are 60 million machines in the world that can read them. And I don't think you are allowed to rip it so you can listen to it where you want, even though you bought the CD !	Digby (677)
1270659	2012-04-19 01:20:00	And I don't think you are allowed to rip it so you can listen to it where you want, even though you bought the CD ! Yes, it's called fair use. Jeez you got watch those popups from imageshack.... nearly got busted when i closed my browser and there was some female playing with her legs..... :lol: That's what adblock is for...	Agent_24 (57)
1270660	2012-04-19 02:57:00	Never believe what you read....you shouldnt believe what you see or hear either.... You obviously are into the three wise monkeys See no evil hear no evil speak no evil	mikebartnz (21)
1270661	2012-04-19 02:59:00	You're right about the CD's, didn't realiy think that one through. Still, offering it for download makes it even easier I think. And fair use is a fairly recent thing in NZ, it was illegal to use MP3 players and the like to play your own music ripped from CD for quite a long time here before they finally changed that stupid law. This one dates waaay back, I used to copy my records onto cassette so I could listen to them in the car and that was technically illegal also. (never mind the fact that commercial tapes had completely terrible sound quality and home recorded ones sounded better). Someone once pointed out to me that you aren't paying for the physical disk but really a licence to listen to what's on it. Despite that prior to the digital age if you wanted the music in a different format you were expected to buy it again.	dugimodo (138)
1270662	2012-04-19 03:02:00	I heard 1080 killed thrids so I threw my television at some - it squashed them, must be because it was 1080p Tops:D:D	mikebartnz (21)
1270663	2012-04-19 11:55:00	Someone once pointed out to me that you aren't paying for the physical disk but really a licence to listen to what's on it. Despite that prior to the digital age if you wanted the music in a different format you were expected to buy it again. That's right, but they can't have it both ways. And now there has been a second thrid strike !	Digby (677)
1270664	2012-04-19 12:17:00	I'm happy with my vinyl and cd collection. It's still growing and i'm happy. MP3's are ok if i'm on my laptop or mp4 player which have restricted space. But not on my main setup.	goodiesguy (15316)
1270665	2012-04-19 12:23:00	It's amusing, as compression techniques get better bandwidth and storage space increase to the point where it is not actually required anyway. I ripped my entire CD collection ( about 250 ) onto my media PC in lossless format and it's only 80GB or so which is really nothing even on the 320G Hdd I'm using. I'm not sure I can honestly hear the difference between lossless and a high bitrate compressed file but who cares, I have the space why compromise the quality.	dugimodo (138)
1270666	2012-04-19 12:48:00	I'm not sure I can honestly hear the difference between lossless and a high bitrate compressed file but who cares, I have the space why compromise the quality. There is never a good reason to compromise the quality.	Agent_24 (57)
1270667	2012-04-19 21:07:00	Yes Much as I like mp3;s at say 192 or 320, they are always quieter than CD's and in a big room there is much less ambience. They seem to sound slightly dead compared to a CD. But I have never tried a lossless track. Yes, with the size of hard drives now, lossles becomes much more practical.	Digby (677)
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