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#  Jan 31, 2007 at 3:00 PM
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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.
#  Jan 30, 2007 at 4:26 PM
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Nearly everything on my Zune comes from our home library, including songs ripped from CD's long since lost or stolen. Downloads only make up a fraction of that library. What about you guys?
#  Jan 30, 2007 at 9:32 PM
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Same here. I like having the CD. First of all CD quality is much better. It's also like having a builtin backup. Plus sometimes they come with cool stuff like stickers or DVDs.

I have yet to download anything from zune market place, and have only downloaded a couple albums from itunes.

As far as illegal downloading, I just don't think it's justifiable anymore. You can find almost any song on itunes, or zune marketplace. You can listen to a sample of it, and you can buy an individual song. Honestly it doesn't bother me that much, but I for one like to support the artists that I listen to.
#  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.
#  Feb 02, 2007 at 2:01 AM
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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!
#  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.
#  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.
#  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 02, 2007 at 12:38 AM
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Napster and Rhapsody are both good subscription services that will work with any MP3 player that has the Microsoft PlayForSure logo on the box. Check the company website for information on specific MP3 player compatibility...especially if you are considering getting a subscription.

I personally subscribed to Rhapsody for over three years with few complaints. I used an IRiver T-30, and a Sansa E200 with the service. Both of these MP3 players worked well with the subscription service.

I recently cancelled my subscription as my wife now has an IPod and I have a Zune. (I subscribe to Zune Marketplace.)

Rhapsody has a very liberal "try it out" policy". You can download and install the software for free...and listen to, I think, 25 songs per month...in their entirety w/ paying a cent. Downloads of course are not free.
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