Re: Pearl Jam and The Who

["L. Bird" <pkeets@hotmail.com>]

>My guess would be that Pete posted the MP3's because Pearl Jam was 
>releasing their tour. But downloads are still deadly to those of us in the 
>sticks who are not yet able to get a cable modem.

The way he's got it set up is reasonable.  If you've got 56K, then it might 
take a couple of hours for each segment.  You'll need software to hold the 
connection open for you, and then you just wander away and come back later 
on.


>  Notice Talmy failed to get his price, so now he's negotiating with Pete.
>
>Is he? That's good news!

Well, maybe with MCA.  Here's the link to his site.  Click on the Who tapes 
link for the latest bulletin.

http://www.sheltalmy.com/


> > Now I have another question about downloads.  What happens to the resale 
>market?
>
>Believe me, with a used CD store it's something I have considered. At
>present I don't buy burned discs,

I imagine that what will happen is that stores will offer downloading and 
burning as a service.  You'd have to pay for the download and for the 
editing and burning service, but then would you have the right to resell the 
cds?  I guess so, since you paid fair and square for both.

I guess individuals could do this too, and remain ethical as long as they 
paid for a download for every cd set they made.  But then burning a bunch of 
cds from one download and selling them would be piracy, right?  Wonder if 
that's figured into the price?

Hmmm.  Come to think of it, aren't TED charging about the same as for the 
average boot on eBay?


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