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Originally posted by Paul Turpin
It is cheaper to buy full albums at the Apple site than at the record store.
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ho I agree, it was just a side remark, nothing to do with the main issue ...
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All I was saying is that AAC improves upon mp3. I personally support DVD-audio and SACD by buying them. But - I've yet to encounter a casual friend who buys either! My favorite local record store stocks neither!
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I'm glad that it is better than mp3, my only concern is the possibility of slowly abandoning better media over overhyped internet formats ...
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I would support buying uncompressed files from Apple's site - and waiting for the download. BUT - I'm sure the major's forbid any uncompressed material being posted for download. That's not Apple's fault.
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you understand my beef is not with apple, but with record companies.
We are complaining about the music sales, the music business in general, then the music itself : how many times do we heard that music sucks nowdays compare to what took place in the 60' or 70'.
The cause of this mess is truly record companies taking bad decisions, being totally uncompetent, signing crap, when they are signing, relying on back catalogs, re-releasing compilation, trying to make "one off"s instead of working on an artist career, and above all, taking the power over music creation in the very place of artists.
the result of that is the constant drop in sales.
Now we hear rumours about apple buying universal from vivendi, taking part in the music industry although they don't know shit about it.
I don't see the interest of artists in these financial and technical issues.
I really don't buy that any of these news would unveil a tiny hope in artistic creativity, artists wellfare, and the quality of music in general.
I just see big companies being bought buy even bigger companies and slowly, but surely, the numbers of labels diminishing and multinational fusioning. I see music being less and less interesting and most of all, less and less free to go and reinvent itself.
So now the internet who was suposed to be an harbour of freedom and free exchange of ideas and art will be control buy those same companies.
What makes you thing they would do any better than they did those past two decades ?
malice