[ConservativeMan55]

Boycott the RIAA! Take a stand against these money grubbers!

[cyborg]

Method to their madness of charging $20 for a CD with only two good songs?

[tomakaze]

this RIAA garbage was settled back in the late 80's - there's basicly a "tax" all blank media (VHS, Cassetes, CD's). I don't recall whether it was just an "agreement" or if legislation was passed to enforce it, but it was big news for a while there.
Had to do with people taping movies off tv, radio etc,
I can't find jack referring to this on the net (Im sure I'm using the wrong search terms, and I can't remember the exact name of the law). I remember this, and It drives me nuts that I haven't heard anything mention about this on any tech news show I've seen when the subject comes up.
If anyone's got any info on this I'd sure appreciate it.

[gitmo]

Copyright lawyers said it remains unresolved whether consumers can legally download copies of songs on a CD they purchased rather than making digital copies themselves. But finding MP3 music files that precisely match copies that have been traded online could be evidence a person participated in file-sharing services.

Huh?

[El Gran Salseron]

I have been in the audio/acoustics business since 1961.

I have tested MP3s extensively. Even the 320 K bitrate/sampling rate MP3s are not of the quality of a cd or album on a good stereo system.

I can't understand why anyone would want to listen to an MP3 at 128 K bitrate/sampling rate. The audio reproduction is terrible.

Actually, the fidelity of sounds on a plastic album is a lot better than a cd. The only advantage a cd brings is the lack of the noise created by friction of the "needle" on the album.

Anyway, my point is that I just can't see the logic in the RIAA's suits. They already KNOW that the MP3 quality is bad, at the best sampling rate.

Idiots!