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PoorGlory · 12th December 2007

I'm in the process of ripping my entire CD collection (approx 900 CDs) to a single 500 gig hard drive. Why? Because I'm sick of CDs getting beat up and becoming unplayable, seeing as I travel a ton for work and I'm always either in the car, van, plane, or train. Beat up, unplayable CDs means I have to buy them again.

But why?

Hey RIAA.... I thought we didn't own what we payed for. I thought that we simply bought a personal entertainment license for that albums worth of material. Shouldn't I get a free copy or at least a free (copy-protected of course) download if I ruin mine, since I already paid for it?

But no.... they are hypocrites with a fractured business model. I will rip everything to mp3 (no less than 320 kbps) so I don't have to give they any more money than I need to.

12th December 2007	#14
PoorGlory Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,802 1 Review written	I'm in the process of ripping my entire CD collection (approx 900 CDs) to a single 500 gig hard drive. Why? Because I'm sick of CDs getting beat up and becoming unplayable, seeing as I travel a ton for work and I'm always either in the car, van, plane, or train. Beat up, unplayable CDs means I have to buy them again. But why? Hey RIAA.... I thought we didn't own what we payed for. I thought that we simply bought a personal entertainment license for that albums worth of material. Shouldn't I get a free copy or at least a free (copy-protected of course) download if I ruin mine, since I already paid for it? But no.... they are hypocrites with a fractured business model. I will rip everything to mp3 (no less than 320 kbps) so I don't have to give they any more money than I need to.