On MP3’s and future generations
Well, I have been jonesin’ for some Third Eye Blind, specifically their second album Blue. I own the CD, in fact I have purcased 2 copies of it. Unfortunately, they are both gone missing. I know I lost one of them a long time ago, high school in fact. I have no idea where the other copy is. Which brings me to todays topic MP3’s. Since I have purchased the CD twice, I have no problem downloading the album off of bittorrent. Now I could do it the legit way and download it from the iTunes music store, Raphsody, Napster, or any of the other Pay to download music services out there. But I realized something today, What am I going to pass on? What am I going to show my kids or what do I have to look back to? MP3’s are invisible. They really are nothing more than a little electric charge or magnetic polarity discrepancy. You going to pass that on to your kids? Good luck. Between all of the lame DRM (Digital Rights Management) and all of the other advances in technology, you will be lucky if you will ever be able to share anything again. CD’s, Records, Tapes, 8-Tracks, You can hold those in your hands and display them proudly on your mantle if you so choose. I suppose you could pass down your soon to be busted iPod with all of your music electrically/magnetically stored inside. Its hard to enjoy that though.
So I guess thats it for me. From now on, MP3’s are only for the music server. I’m buying the CD’s from now on. I dont care how much space they take up or how little they hold or even how eaisly they scratch. I finally in one place have all of my Jurassic 5 cd’s. Including the Power in Numbers Special Edition with the Bonus DVD. That right there is worth more to me than my entire MP3 Collection. Think about the future. CD’s, Buy them for your kids.
Not to mention the fact that you can eaisly rip them DRM free.
by Larry
On October 20, 2006 at 5:57 am
Do you really think your kids / grandchildren will be interested in your music in the first place, though? I mean, I can remember my grandparents telling me about their music while I was little, and I barely cared. Hell, I couldn’t stand my parents’ music, much less theirs.
As for the digital thing, I prefer an easily-disposed-of, plastic death-wrap free, environmentally friendly MP3. The “illegal” ones contain no DRM for the most part. I think Travis likes killing the Earth. Is that what you like, Travis?
Also, my co-worker has Napster, and an MP3 player of course. He downloads music through there from time to time, and he loves it. However, about two days ago, his MP3 player “died” on him, saying there was nothing to play. When he looked further into it, this is what he found out:
If you download an MP3 from Napster, it comes with a 30-day license. If you don’t visit the Napster store, download music using the Napster proprietary program, or somehow give them your soul for 30 days, your licenses expire on the MP3s and they are no longer playable. At all.
Personally, I use BitTorrent to get MP3s. The next generation can go to hell.
by travis
On October 20, 2006 at 9:44 am
Yeah but you dont have anything material. Thats pretty much what I was getting at. When your computer “dies” all of your music is gone. Unless you have it backed up to (in my case) 9 DVD’s. Its not that I dont enjoy listening to it, its that I just want the CD too. And as far as those stores go, they can cram it.
by Chris HP
On October 20, 2006 at 10:00 pm
I do enjoy iTunes. It gives me the freedom to not have to move and the satisfaction of knowing i’m actually paying for something. If only i could buy the songs as MP3s, instead of m4a or whatever they are. Once I find a program that can do so, I shall convert everything to MP3s. Also, I have my music saved on 2 hard drives, backed up weekly. Unless there’s a fire, I’m not losing anything… God, i hope there isn’t a fire.
by Tristan
On October 25, 2006 at 9:03 am
I think that the main point here is that Travis is a material girl living in a material world.