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#  Mar 26, 2007 at 4:25 PM
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So far my library consist mainly of ripped cd music from my collection of cds.
#  Apr 02, 2007 at 12:55 AM
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I get my songs from Imesh, Napster, and also Rhasody too and among other places.
#  Feb 28, 2007 at 9:49 PM
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I used to use iTunes for all my musical purchases. But I like the idea of subscriptions and tried Yahoo last year. They were okay--but only if you MP3 player is anything BUT an iPod. I had an iPod, ergo I couldn't download music directly to my player which sucked. Now I use Zune Marketplace which I'm really really liking. They have a great selection of music.
#  Feb 24, 2007 at 12:26 AM
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Schwarz;2120 said:

I love the fact that you can signup for a ZuneMarketplace subscription. I have very open-minded music tastes and I love to listen to all types of music. The Zune subscription allows me to listen to just about anything I'd ever want to hear. I was a subscriber of Rhapsody (ToGo subscription was $15/mo, same as Zune), but now that I have a Zune.... As far a library music, I'm a mobile DJ. I have over 400 compilation CDs (about 16-20 tracks each) and about another 450 artist/group albums--though soon to be re-burned to compliation (less fluff to carry in my cases.)

I'd have to agree with Tai, I like having CDs. Although some of my CDs are so old that they're starting to degrade Time to re-rip and burn before they're lost!



Whenever I buy a CD, I make an image if it on my Linux machine (bit for bit image, not just the songs), and when I get a bunch of them, burn them onto a DVD. I have lost CD's or had some stolen, but I have the images to burn another copy, which can be legally done, as long as the copies are not being distributed.
#  Feb 25, 2007 at 3:58 PM
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taiarain;2102 said:

I'm not a fan of illegal downloads either. I'm a writer so the copyright issue hits home for me. When I say downloaded, I'm actually mostly referring to pay services.

I also do a fair amount of trading live Pearl Jam. They have a very liberal policy on trading bootlegs, but punish those who try to profit off the trades. They started offering high quality official bootleg CD's around 2000 and now offer their shows online for purchase in mp3 or flac within about 48 hours of the actual show. A significant portion of my library is comprised of these shows.



I also have lots of bootlegs on my iPod (don't have a Zune). My favorite musician, a man named Francis Dunnery, while not exactly encouraging bootlegs, has publicly said to his fans several times that he does not care that much about bootlegs of his stuff going around, as long as fans are trading and not selling them. We all (his fans) stick to this, and have really come down on a few people we have caught selling boots on eBay. Personal music players were made for carrying bootlegs around and listening on the go.
#  Mar 01, 2007 at 12:49 AM
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Does anyone know if services like Napster allow you do use any MP3 player, or do they only support certain ones? We are getting our daughter a small player for her birthday, but I've never used a pay service except for iTunes.
#  Mar 03, 2007 at 12:21 AM
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Thanks for the info. I think that we will just stick to ripping tracks off of CD's, but it's good to know what the options are. I actually don't really buy any music off of iTunes either. I think that .99 per song is a rip off. If I'm going to pay a buck a tune, I might as well buy the CD, then have the uncompressed music and artwork and lyrics. A lot of discs come with bonus DVD's now, too.
#  Mar 25, 2007 at 11:48 PM
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I have been known to use P2P networks before to get music, even though I am aware of the legality of it. I will not, however, use music procured this way for my daughter's player, just because I don't want to teach her that this is right.
#  Jan 31, 2007 at 3:20 AM
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My entire Music collection was downloaded from the Zune Marketplace with a few ripped CDs here and there.
#  Mar 24, 2007 at 4:40 AM
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some of my music has been downloaded from zune marketplace and some have come from P2Ps. but most of it is from my old cd collection.
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