Good point Don. But wouldn't any releases, no matter what the format
is, that has had a copyright issued, still need to be submitted to
the LOC? If not, provisions for archiving of this type of material
would seem a likely topic in this forum.
On Jan 26, 2008, at 5:04 AM, Don Cox wrote:
> On 26/01/08, carlstephen koto wrote:
>> I agree with Roger on this subject. I think that the record companies
>> are in a transition phase. Maybe they finally decided that suing
>> their
>> customers wasn't such a wise business move. In regards to the poor
>> quality that downloaded music offers, I think that this distribution
>> model is still in it's infancy and is slowly improving as technology
>> has allowed it. Off the top of my head, iTunes only been around as a
>> download source for a few years now? When it first started to sell
>> music, it was only available as Mp3 or AACs. Then some of the
>> downloads were available in Apple lossless. The fact that most folks
>> migrated from dial up to DSL in the last couple of years would have
>> made large files impractical before that. Apple's recent announcement
>> that iTunes would begin offering HD movies with DTS 5.1 sound in
>> March
>> should be evidence that there is no lack of bandwidth to stream any
>> audio format currently in use. Maybe it's just wishful thinking,
>> but I
>> think that it won't be that long before iTunes makes it's next
>> improvement in sound quality options. I just hope that they start
>> with
>> the "live" orchestral concerts. Steve
>
> People should look at Tasmin Little's site:
>
> http://www.tasminlittle.org.uk
>
> This successful violinist is offering free downloads, an educational
> project, news, and links to Amazon for all her commercial CDs. I think
> this is the future. No doubt she will soon be selling downloads
> and CDs
> too, but she particularly wants to encourage people to go to her live
> concerts.
>
> My only concern is that if each musician or group has their own
> site and
> distribution, their archives may not be well preserved. What
> happens to
> the 24/96 files when a band breaks up?
>
> Regards
> --
> Don Cox
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