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I think renting music ...
Sounds like a good idea to me. Instead of having to sit and click on 30-second previews of songs on Napster/iTunes, I could copy entire albums to a portable device and then listen to them in my car. And if I decide I want to own some of these songs, I will then of course buy a non-Napster/iTunes DRM-less version. That's right, kids - just because you rent music doesn't mean you can't buy it. The way I see it, Napster and other rental music services is to music what Netflix is to movies. Even if you subscribe to Netflix, that doesn't automatically disqualify you from buying movies you really like. If anything, it prevents you from having to buy movies you haven't seen, only to find out they're not any good. Of course, you can argue that music is too 'sacred' to ever be rented, and you can go on buying many crappy CDs too happy
Posted by: worknman   Posted on: 07/21/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Lawsuits not the cause  Nigel Johnstone | 07/21/05
Also it's there are many benifits to using the legal  voska | 07/21/05
You forgot ...  George Jay | 07/21/05
100 % wrong  Protector | 07/21/05
That would completely depend on the situation  voska | 07/21/05
Concerts aren't money makers for artists ...  George Jay | 07/22/05
Can you prove that?  tic swayback | 07/22/05
Boycott the music industry  Protector | 07/21/05
Why bother  voska | 07/21/05
I think it has more to do with quality  Arrg | 07/21/05
Lawsuits don't scare anyone  voska | 07/21/05
Heh  Henrick Ericcson | 07/21/05
Or maybe more people are discovering the Russian music stores ...  worknman | 07/21/05
I like it...  cyber-shoplifter | 07/21/05
If you build it, they will come  tic swayback | 07/21/05
Bullseye  Otto_Delete | 07/21/05
I don't thing the RIAA care  voska | 07/21/05
They care  tic swayback | 07/21/05
But what happens...  voska | 07/21/05
Which is why....  tic swayback | 07/22/05
New Napster seems to be failing pretty badly  tic swayback | 07/21/05
I think renting music ...  worknman | 07/21/05
I agree  voska | 07/21/05
That's apparently what most people are doing  tic swayback | 07/21/05
You know what would be good  voska | 07/21/05
Unproven business model  tic swayback | 07/21/05
I've always like the rental with the option to buy  voska | 07/21/05
I like that better  tic swayback | 07/22/05
Legal Music Downloads Triple  itanalyst | 07/21/05
Or - Illegal music copy-protection triple worldwide. (NT)  Vily Clay | 07/21/05
yeah, but when is iTunes going to sell lossless  backbaychef | 07/21/05
Send those thoughts to Apple  tic swayback | 07/21/05
Can you tell the difference between .ma4 and aif?  An_Axe_to_Grind | 07/22/05
Guess the tripling means the music execs  Boot_Agnostic | 07/23/05

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