Rife, Swapping
Peer-to-peer isn't dead, it was just resting. A new survey finds that file swapping ramped up again in the closing months of 2003 after several months of decline.
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Obsessive collectors of MP3s know that they're building a music collection in an inferior, compressed format, right?
Speaking of inferior, write to the link below for your FREE demo-quality MP3 by America's most obscure pop enigma, Only Ed and The Almost.
"Political, satirical, unsellable. Home recording at its worst." -Ed
Free minds, free markets...free MP3s?
I blame the decrease in previous months to nice weather. When fall came, people decided to come back inside and steal music while watching the baseball playoffs. True for me.
"Obsessive collectors of MP3s know that they're building a music collection in an inferior, compressed format, right?"
Reminds me of all those crappy American-pressed LPs I bought way back when. Scratch, pop, pop...
Thank goodness I've got CD's.
What? SACD? You mean regular CD's are in an inferior, compressed format too?
Douglas,
MP3s sound pretty good until you compare them to the original CD. Still better than LPs, though, unless you're lucky enough to find a nicely produced piece of vinyl in pristine condition. Analog still has its moments.
Found a great vinyl copy of "Time Out" the other day. Sweet.
It's all in the bitrate, boy.
Give me 2 spoons, some wine and a farm animal and I'll make my own music.
Hank,
Is that a lyric or an observation? Music CAN be made by anyone. That's the beauty of it.
Ed,
Don't give up your day job. Still, free is free.
"What Would Jesus Do?" indeed...
Got any more?
Hank, that ain't music, that's a Barry White album.
The eMule P2P file sharing client is so good that it may revitalize MP3 sharing.
http://www.emule-project.net/