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More quibbling over the details... (...) I disagree with this view -- you are basically asserting that gatekeepers are not only here to stay but will somehow increase in their cultural value. The reality is that it takes a lot of work to discover to (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) While I agree with you on the value of convergent media, I don't know that one's "right to listen to something on the hardware of [his] choosing" is really the crux of it. That is, you're welcome to listen to your Maurice Chevalier 78's on (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Like DVD region issues? Yikes! Talk about shooting themselves in the foot... I go with the book license as suggested by Frank -- I own a copy of a thing, how I use it is up to me. If I own the song on vinyl -- I can dupe it to CD or MP3. (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Note also that such CDs won't play in many "ordinary" CD players either. ROSCO (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ding! I got it! In my broad-sighted way I was thinking only of the problems of the original copy, rather than the fair-use backups. (...) No, but I sometimes spin a CD on my finger and shine a laser pointer on it for the economical way to (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I agree it's limiting their own sales more than anything else, but much as I dislike the idea, I think they have the right to distribute DVDs as they see fit. Of course with so many non-region DVD players still available, it's a pretty (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I didn't so much mean between you and I as between the music industry and the rest of us. (...) Actually, I think you are still able to make the copy for the friend under the Fair Use doctrine, but I'd have to research it further. Cursory (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, Lugnet is a gatekeeper. I expect the big music publishers to start to fade away. I see a future with middlemen with a smaller audience and focus. On the other hand, I also expect some large middlemen to emerge. I bet bars would much (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Something to consider is that a low volume item will have a higher cost. Some cost factors for a CD: - how long does it sit on the stores shelf (anyone know what fraction of a penny it costs for a CD to sit on the shelf of a music store for a (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Why do people list LEGO sets for (and get) exorbitant prices on eBay (and elsewhere)? If it's something they're interested in, and they can't be bothered searching for a better price, they'll pay what's asked. ROSCO (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What if your idea became the property of The People and The People compensated you for the time it took you to perfect the idea? Since your time is as valuable as anyone else's, if you are developing ideas for the good of The People, you could (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I happen to enjoy a VERY wide variety of music genres. I doubt that I shall easily find a set of reviewers whose views I respect or understand well enough to rely upon them. Perhaps, others with more boxed-in tastes can be served that way -- I (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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