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Stupid idea.
Arbitrarily restricting the release of music in certain formats will do nothing to promote legal channels.

Say, I want to buy song X.. but song X is only available from iTunes - which I won't use, because the sound quality is significantly degraded when I put it on my portable device (going from compressed format to compressed format is never a good idea)... but it's widely available on filesharing networks as an unencumbered MP3 file.

What should I do? Buy the track from iTunes? Wait weeks or months until the "window" opens for CD sales of the track? Or download the song from a filesharing network?

I'll bet many people - even those who would normally buy CDs - would go with the latter.
Posted by: d_jedi   Posted on: 08/09/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Stupid idea.  d_jedi | 08/09/05
I'd download it  voska | 08/10/05
You knew they would get stuck in Windows  Jeff Spicoli | 08/09/05
Uh.. did you actually read the article?  TheWerewolf | 08/09/05
Jeff...  rapson | 08/10/05
Was just goading Carl  Jeff Spicoli | 08/10/05
Well to be fair to my good buddy Carl I must say that  Laff | 08/10/05
good point..which leads me..  Jeff Spicoli | 08/10/05
And Worst of All ...  coffeenite | 08/10/05
Laugh away  rapson | 08/10/05
Carl has a point Jeff...the only way to seek the truth is  Laff | 08/10/05
A healthy skepticism...  rapson | 08/10/05
ms windows and Hoolywood the perfect match....  michael_t | 08/09/05
another one who didn't read the article, eh WereWolf?  freeknik | 08/10/05
The Space Shuttle Uses MS Windows?  coffeenite | 08/10/05
At least I am trying to jab at MS sarcastically  michael_t | 08/10/05
Michael...  rapson | 08/10/05
agreed wink nt  michael_t | 08/10/05
Why would I spent more than 2 secs in this BShy 'article' ? wink  michael_t | 08/10/05
Possibly...  rapson | 08/10/05
Music industry gloats over tiered pricing...  Anton Philidor | 08/09/05
Agreed!  Patrick Jones | 08/10/05
They don't think they are "out of touch" but rather  Laff | 08/10/05
The revolution will not be televised....  Patrick Jones | 08/10/05
Actually I find people aren't that way  voska | 08/10/05
To an extent TRUE..but the scary thing is all the stuff  Laff | 08/10/05
Several inconvenient facts left out of the article  terry flores | 08/09/05
These hard-headed numbskulls refuse to learn...  BitTwiddler | 08/10/05
And for all the greed of Hollywood  Boot_Agnostic | 08/11/05

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