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Free Legal Music?

Discussion in 'Sensorium' started by Harbourboy, Aug 30, 2006.

  1. Harbourboy

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    Remove all ads!
    No, not free music by lawyers, but this:

    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10398972

    Questions:
    1. Can it really work? Will they make enough money?
    2. What's to stop people just plugging in 24 hours a day and, given enough storage, just downloading the whole catalogue?
    3. What impact would this have on Apple?

    Sounds like a dream come true for many of you. Free music and a crushing blow to Apple.
     
    Harbourboy, Aug 30, 2006
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    Only in the US? Hmm. That is a shame.

    I've no idea how much money they'll make- not as much as the record company get a for a normal cd, that's for sure.

    They may be able to impose some form of limit per day- I'm not good enough with computers to know whether that is feasible or not.

    Looks like another step away from cds and into downloading.
     
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  3. Harbourboy

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    I wonder what this will mean for the concept of an 'album'. The number of songs on an album was historically determined by the limitations of the media (e.g. size of a vinyl record).

    In a completely online world, will we even have 'albums' any more?
     
    Harbourboy, Aug 30, 2006
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  4. Kitrax

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    Actually, that's totally legal since it's Universal, which *owns* the music in the first place. As the article mentions, income is made my on-site advertising, and to prevent people from downloading the entire catalog:
    No thanks. :p
    YES! :banana: Take *that* Apple! :thumb: :rolling:
     
    Kitrax, Aug 30, 2006
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  5. Harbourboy

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    Unfortunately, "Spiralfrog" is a terrible name for a website.
     
    Harbourboy, Aug 30, 2006
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    :lol:
    Maybe that's another one of their plans to keep too many people from downloading from their site! :p :rolling:
     
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    I think that they are doing this to open our eyes to "legal downloads". When we are used to gatting music this way we will perhaps continue, it sounds like a Wal-Mart buesniss idéa to me.
     
    Stardust, Aug 31, 2006
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