Brad Duea, president of Napster, once the scourge of the music industry and now one of the largest legal music download retailers.
Peter Jamieson, executive chairman of the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), which represents the UK music industry and has been leading the anti-piracy campaign in Britain.
John Kennedy, chairman and chief executive of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the trade body representing record labels worldwide, which has been instrumental in the global fight against piracy.
Steve Knott, managing director of HMV UK & Ireland, a leading high street chain that has recently opened its own online download store.
There's some interesting ones there already.
― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Sunday, 15 January 2006 00:53 (twenty years ago)
(I'm somehow exasperated tonight but still)
― blunt (blunt), Sunday, 15 January 2006 02:23 (twenty years ago)
good bunch of comments, i guess the people have spoken!
― mersenne twister (mersenne_twister), Sunday, 15 January 2006 21:13 (twenty years ago)
I think the question is, will commercially available pressed cds exist in 20-years time. It's clear that the RIAA won its battle by getting Napster converted into a pay service, and with them, ITunes, and Rhapsody having ever-emerging libraries, online purchases are increasing, mostly because of the cheaper price.
I've been a traditional cd buyer for years just cuz I like having the physical copies/don't like reproducing the artwork/booklet myself. But in the end, it's the music that matters most, and ITunes has a ton of albums I had trouble getting my hands on for years.
Also starting is the number of music stores shutting doors around here. Vinyl Fever in Tallahassee, where I blew thousands of dollars as a college freshman, is GONE. FYEs are shutting down here too (although it doesn't look like the chain as a whole). Best Buy's inventory, while always mediocre, is very limited.
I've found myself going to cd stores looking for items that are rather mainstream and being unable to find them. SACDs and DVD-Audio have failed to make the dent that Blu Ray is starting to make now in the movie industry. I have a feeling in the long run, the concept of walking into a store to buy a cd might become next to obsolete.
― Ballistic, Saturday, 27 February 2010 18:45 (sixteen years ago)
It would, however, be cool if many years down the line, there were some sort of machine installed in stores that allowed you to purchase a cd from an existing library (like I Tunes), then would press the cd with the cd artwork, as well as generating a booklet for you. Not that farfetched in the long run...
― Ballistic, Saturday, 27 February 2010 18:47 (sixteen years ago)
The Data Migration ThreadContinuing with CDs?Maintaining a Digital Music Collection
― ksh, Saturday, 27 February 2010 18:56 (sixteen years ago)
Just in case you want to see what some people have already said about this kind of stuff.
thx ksh...
― Ballistic, Saturday, 27 February 2010 18:57 (sixteen years ago)
Spotify - anyone heard of it?The Death of the Record Collection
― ksh, Saturday, 27 February 2010 18:58 (sixteen years ago)
The Google/iLike/Lala music streaming network combination thing!
― ksh, Saturday, 27 February 2010 18:59 (sixteen years ago)
No problem!
holy crap lotta discussion around that! awesome :)
― Ballistic, Saturday, 27 February 2010 19:00 (sixteen years ago)