The company that pays my wages, Verizon Communications, has been fighting a court order to reveal names and addresses of subscribers who have downloaded music from some of these sites.

Just something to think about. [undecided]

 

Right or wrong, the RIAA is not going to stop this kind of thing. There will always be newsgroups and small p2p sharing going on. And the sad thing is that they did it to themselves, like jfpointer said. If I could buy a CD for $9.99 again, I might consider it, but for $15.99, I just can't afford that and BOMBing my truck! Thank goodness I don't like much new music anyway! ;D

 

I read the CNN report posted above,and it isn't worth it if it is ilegal,I have enough problems right know I don't need to be sued too<br>Thanks for all the info guys..

 

[quote author=Commatoze link=board=10;threadid=17421;start=0#163161 date=1058975094]<br>[quote author=jfpointer link=board=10;threadid=17421;start=0#163119 date=1058971014]<br>.........If you want to hear the songs correctly, you have to buy the CD no matter how much it costs or how many crappy songs it has on it.<br><br>[/quote]<br>Vinyl...you know....records are really the best media IMO for listening to music &quot;correctly&quot;, but CD's are so convenient, and so are mp3's for casual listening. I recently picked up for a song (no pun) a once very expensive turntable so I can play my long abandoned, but imaculate vinyl from the 60's, and 70's. The difference is amazing; so pure and warm. But, I digress from the subject...sorry.<br>[/quote]<br><br>Good point. Regardless of the sampling rate, a digital representation of an analog wave form is never going to be quite exactly right. I've got quite a few LPs and a pretty good but not over-the-top turntable to play them on. What I really need is a Discwasher to clean the darn things so I'm not listening to the dirt instead of the music.