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A remark I made, somewhat facetiously back when this question
was essentially asked back in 10-Words-Or-Less, was that
Napster is all fine and good but in the end I want to hold the
jewel case in my hand and have the original liner notes at my
disposal for whatever reason I should decide to use them.
This [Napster Revolution] is a continuation on the mid-ninties
prospect of a "paperless office," wherein all businesses would
be 90-95% digital by 2002 or some such nonsense. Everyone
forgets, of course, that people like to touch things and hold
things in their hands and smell them and that's something that a
paperless office couldn't provide.
In order for Napster to be 100% wonderful, I would need to be
able to get all accompanying materials off the internet as well --
liner notes, posters, label art -- and at a professional quality, and
that just ain't gonna happen anytime soon. Burned CDs are jus'
plain ugly sitting next to your Caught Between The Twisted Stars
VU Box Set
So what Napster becomes is a glorified tape deck where you
copy down all the songs you like and make a mix tape and put it
in your car, only now the mix tape is on your computer in your
office taking up several gigs of space and irritating others.
― JM, Tuesday, 9 January 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
eight years pass...