[aldo_14]

Oddly enough, I've got an interview with a music rights company on Friday.  They're a spinoff from the AIM (association of Independent Musicians) handling online rights for a bunch of indie labels and bands.

As far as I can tell, they're Good Guys.

[Rictor]

Originally posted by Ford Prefect
My entire music library is made up of ripped CDs that [l]I[/l] someone else paid money for. If they go after CD ripping, I'm going to light someone on fire.

Fixed your typo.

[EtherShock]

Originally posted by Annorax
My ISP got pissed enough about me downloading one CD that they sent a guy here to ***** me out and try to get money out of me. I showed him my legitimately bought copy of that CD, scratched beyond use, showed him the single backup copy I burned, and he promptly left, never to be heard from again.

You mean they actually came to your door? I never heard of ISPs getting pissed over that before, must be a small one.

[Ford Prefect]

Originally posted by Rictor
Fixed your typo.

Sorry, I don't get it. Care to explain?

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Ford Prefect

Sorry, I don't get it. Care to explain?

I think he's implying some form of P2P malarky or CD copying, rather than perhaps buying tunes off the net and burning, or simply having backups.

[pyro-manic]

Or, in fact, buying them, you know, in a shop. Crazy idea, I know, but some of us still do it...

[aldo_14]

Sho-op?

To be honest, I still prefer buying CDs to even digital freebies.  something to do with touch and the nice fuzzy feeling of having a big stack of 'em.  Mostly it's wee bands nowadays, so I think I'm not giving the evil bigcorps too much money

I'm a sucker for special editions, too.  Like, the ones with free DVDs and stuff.

Spoiler:

Whee!  15 thousand.

[pyro-manic]

Hell, I buy vinyl (mostly rather obscure bands from tiny labels). Now that's a nice feeling, opening a parcel and seeing cover art a foot wide... :thepimp:

EDIT: Stuff like this, in fact.



The vinyl (the "Mighty and Superior" EP by Isen Torr) on the right is one of only 333 copies in the world. It also helps that it's one of the finest records I've ever heard...

[phreak]

Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor    10.00 USD - Kicks ass
Sepultura - Beneath The Remains    13.00 USD - Kicks ass
Death - Human    12.00 USD  - Kicks ass
In Flames - Whoracle (U.S. Deluxe Ed.)    12.00 USD - Kicks ass

lol - Sep was the most expensive since they're on RRR

going to pre-order the Atheist re-relases soon (out in a few weeks) for 12/each :horns: - better than the $100 i saw on amazon last year.

[pyro-manic]

Oooh, my copy of This Godless Endeavour should be here tomorrow or friday. The new Demons & Wizards as well. Can't wait....

[Annorax]

Originally posted by EtherShock

You mean they actually came to your door? I never heard of ISPs getting pissed over that before, must be a small one.

Small and moronic. These are the same assfaces who sent a cease and decist email ordering me to stop downloading FS2. I did not comply.

[pyro-manic]

Sounds like you need to find a new ISP, if they're prying into your surfing habits...

[phreak]

Originally posted by pyro-manic
Oooh, my copy of This Godless Endeavour should be here tomorrow or friday.

The first three tracks are worth it.  The other 8 are also awesome.

[Annorax]

Originally posted by pyro-manic
Sounds like you need to find a new ISP, if they're prying into your surfing habits...

City-granted monopoly. If I want to get away from them, the best I can do is 28.8kb/s dialup that usually gets something more like 3kb.

[pyro-manic]

That's appalling! Have you looked into cable and the like? There has to be a way around it...

[aldo_14]

Maybe he lives in the North Pole or outer Mongolia?

[Kazan]

pyro he said city-granted monopoly - that means he's either on DSL or Cable and the other option is not available

city-granted monopolies are not always bad - just usually bad.

you have to make the tersm of their granted monopoly threatening if they don't deliver the quality

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Kazan


you have to make the tersm of their granted monopoly threatening if they don't deliver the money

Corrected for the cities view