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How so?
Here is my concern.

I buy the physical music CD of the album, "Sell Out" by The Who. From Amazon.com I pay 10.99 plus shipping for 23 tracks. I know own the physical CD, in the highest quality audio format I can get it in. I can transfer it to any format now with ease. For most purposes, I have a permanant copy of it, which will not degrade.

I go to iTunes and buy the same album for $22.77. It is now in a DRM protected format. To make it portable, I get to burn it to CD and then rip it to MP3, losing quality along the way going from one compressed format to another. Ummm, this is supposed to be better???

Forget about water marked MP3s. Are you honestly going to pay .99 each for an MP3 that is crap quality compared to what you would get with buying the original???
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Slam Dunk?  Nigel Johnstone | 10/22/03
How so?  zip_z | 10/22/03
Re: How so?  PottHead | 10/22/03
Try bothering to look at the store before you judge  mzarra | 10/22/03
You didn't clear a thing up.  voska | 10/22/03
Where do you get 22.77?  mzarra | 10/22/03
Just pointed out the math  voska | 10/23/03
Not true, but nice try at FUD  Rick_K | 10/22/03
Just pointing out the Math  voska | 10/23/03
Try this for math.  Rick_K | 10/24/03
Yes I am  FirstNLastN | 10/22/03
Exactly  tic swayback | 10/22/03
Crappy Quality MP3?  Nigel Johnstone | 10/22/03
RE: Crappy Quality MP3?  JakAttak | 10/22/03
Yes, but back to my original point  Nigel Johnstone | 10/22/03
Huh?  MarcB_z | 10/23/03
Don't know what to say  Rick_K | 10/24/03
Pink Floyd - The Wall  rkadowns | 10/22/03
Great for singles  dscherf | 10/22/03
Faulty logic  ndelc | 10/22/03
Take into account all the costs  voska | 10/22/03
Two fallacies for the price of one...  frgough@... | 10/22/03
Not really  voska | 10/23/03
The fallacies stand  dscherf | 10/24/03
Why are you arguing  voska | 10/24/03
You need to find a new hardware supplier  Len Rooney | 10/22/03
25 CD's in two years?  toadlife | 10/22/03
Plextor is the best  dscherf | 10/22/03
You're doing something wrong  Rick_K | 10/24/03
Here is how - $1.98 vrs $11.99-$17  MeadMkr | 10/23/03
Responsive company  tic swayback | 10/22/03
Company great  FilledOut | 10/22/03
you forgot  ryusen | 10/23/03
When a software product messes up that bad..  d_jedi | 10/22/03
Done...next problem?  MarcB_z | 10/23/03
And no one believed me...  AbsolutelyNot | 10/22/03
check it  ryusen | 10/23/03
So Apple fixed Windows, isn't that special  FilledOut | 10/22/03
An Apple a day  MarcB_z | 10/23/03
I hope the fixed...  toadlife | 10/22/03
Knowing Apple  Rick_K | 10/22/03
they did - sort of  toadlife | 10/23/03
.  d_jedi | 10/22/03
Works fine on my comptuer at work  Rick_K | 10/24/03
maybe my music is obscure...  JoeMama_z | 10/23/03
Hang in there  MarcB_z | 10/23/03
no, the selection is just limited  toadlife | 10/23/03
MP3 convertion!  ryusen | 10/23/03
Thanks Apple, no upgrade fee  FilledOut | 10/23/03

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