mp3s

[TJGuitar85]

Are they legal if you have a copyright txt in a zip with them and a link to buy the album next to the file?


-TJ

[LeX]

Don't think so. I think you gotta OWN the copy of the song of your MP3. Dunno.

Anyways, there's no way for the feds to find out if you gave your mp3 to your buddy or something... even if there is a way, I don't think they'll waste their time trying to find all the people who's doing that (probably millions).

[TJGuitar85]

I do own the CDs.


-TJ

[niv]

you know what i suggest?

just go get a paid host (phpwebhosting.com preferably), and upload your mp3s there.

[TJGuitar85]

what about myplay.winamp.com?


-TJ

[TJGuitar85]

it looks good, but you have to buy a domain.

-TJ

[Chicken]

Originally posted by TJGuitar85
Are they legal if you have a copyright txt in a zip with them and a link to buy the album next to the file?

I suggest you read the information that is printed on the insert of your CDs. Look for the word: Copyright.

Just because you bought the album, it doesn't mean that you bought rights to freely distribute the recording via the internet. I'm not sure what makes you think that you can do this?

Including a txt file with copyright info is useless since you yourself are violating the copyright so what does it matter?

A link? Again, read the copyright info that comes printed on the insert. If you see:

"It is OK to encode any of the recordings on this disc and upload them to the internet so long as you provide a txt file and a link."

-then it is ok to do this. Otherwise it isn't. I don't want to harp on this, but this is so blatently illegal and so clearly violates copyright laws that I just can't help myself.

maybe since it is music, you can't see the connection, but if this were software, and you bought it, and then uploaded it with a txt file and the copyright info, and a link to where you can buy the software... hmmm, we call this warez.

I have no desire to be the internet police (as you might think), but I do want you to at least realize that what you are doing is wrong and it is not legal.

The choice is always yours, and just because you can steal items from stores doesn't mean you have to do it.

Why don't you check out the band's site and see if they have any music available for download and link to that?

[TJGuitar85]

theres a big difference between warez and mp3. for one thing warez is just plain stealing. its a full program for free. most mp3s are not cd quality. thats like copying a cd onto tape for a freind, if they like it, theyll buy the real thing. sure some people abuse it and stuff, that pisses me off mp3 should be like try before you buy, people have "u must delete these within 24 hrs or buy the cd" but they dont do anytihng, they should make it possible for the files to not be accessible after 24 hrs.

<shrugs>

-TJ

[Nick]

Originally posted by TJGuitar85
theres a big difference between warez and mp3. for one thing warez is just plain stealing. its a full program for free.

And downloading songs for FREE isn't?


Originally posted by TJGuitar85
most mp3s are not cd quality.


Bull----! What a sorryass excuse! Just about ALL mp3s are cd quality.


Originally posted by TJGuitar85
thats like copying a cd onto tape for a freind, if they like it, theyll buy the real thing.


My ---! If I had a copied version I wouldn't buy the real thing, and you know you probablly wouldn't either.


Originally posted by TJGuitar85
sure some people abuse it and stuff, that pisses me off mp3 should be like try before you buy

It's called a 'sound clip'.


Originally posted by TJGuitar85
people have "u must delete these within 24 hrs or buy the cd" but they dont do anytihng

And I bet you don't either...


Originally posted by TJGuitar85
they should make it possible for the files to not be accessible after 24 hrs.

If they already downloaded it how is stopping access going to help?

[TJGuitar85]

if i had an audio cassette copied from a cd and i liked it id buy the cd, maybe not if it was a copied cd, but thats different.


and mp3s can only be used on your computer, and cd made from mp3s is NOT cd quality.


bootleg people complain about getting mp3based cds all the time.

-TJ

[LeX]

I'll bet that even if the companies charged way less, there will still be warez and mp3z. Who would go and spend 1 cent when they can get it for *FREE*? There's that magic word... free. People simply can't resist getting something for nothing.

Those 24 hour talk is bull----, nobody even looks at the notice, even if they do, who's gonna delete something they spent time downloading? Unlike ROMs, the quality of the ROMs played on the comp just isn't what you get from the actual thing you play on the TV from the console, and some ROMs are really big, so some people *might* go and delete the files - but that's not the case with MP3s.

[LeX]

Have you ever heard of MP3 players?? Who says that MP3s can only be played on the comp? And if you got a burner, you can copy those files onto a CDR too and make 'em playable somehow (I think...)

[laurie]

Yup - I have burnt MP3's in CDA format to a CDR and they work fine.. Can't tell the difference between that and a proper cd. Even better if you borrow a friends cd, rip it to a cd image and burn that - totally awesome (for testing purposes only of course) ;)

[niv]

Originally posted by Nick

Originally posted by TJGuitar85
most mp3s are not cd quality.


Bull----! What a sorryass excuse! Just about ALL mp3s are cd quality.


What the **** are you talking about? Anybody here also have experience working with codecs? 224-320 Kbps/44 khz is CD quality, 192 Kbps/44 Khz is close to CD quality, 128 Kbps/44 Khz (Standard) is a little farther from CD quality.

[laurie]

I like 160kbps or 192kbps, sound close enough to CD Quality to me.

I listen to 128kbps mp3 audio streams - and they sound good too.

[Nick]

Originally posted by needcgispace
What the **** are you talking about? Anybody here also have experience working with codecs? 224-320 Kbps/44 khz is CD quality, 192 Kbps/44 Khz is close to CD quality, 128 Kbps/44 Khz (Standard) is a little farther from CD quality.

I have never come across a MP3 that wasn't CD quality. All of mine are 128 or 192 Kbps and every single one of them sounds as if you had the CD or heard it on the radio.

So I don't know what the **** you're talking about. Unless you have a ----ty MP3 below 100 Kbps you can't even tell the difference.

[LeX]

*cough* my, my.... your ears must be real sensitive to be able to pick out the quality differences between MP3s and CDAs. No difference to me, so I guess I've got sorry---- ears...??

[TJGuitar85]

yea ive heard of mp3 players i dont exactly understand waht they are?

not lik winamp, or xing mp3 player, but things you have to actually buy? doesnt make sense, oh well.
doesnt matter
-TJ

[LeX]

I think you can copy MP3 files into those players and then play 'em.

I would've bought one (actually, beg my mom to buy one) except for the fact that they cost a fortune now and they can't store too many files. I'm waiting for the next generation of MP3 Jukeboxes to come out... hehe :D

[Nick]

MP3 players run on memory sticks which cost a lotta money. Most mem sticks are around $200. The Nomad jukebox has 6GBs internal HD and it goes for $500. Just get a CD player with an mp3 decoder for $120.

[niv]

Originally posted by Nick
MP3 players run on memory sticks which cost a lotta money. Most mem sticks are around $200. The Nomad jukebox has 6GBs internal HD and it goes for $500. Just get a CD player with an mp3 decoder for $120.

if it plays WMA, encode them in WMA8 format at 64 Kbps and enjoy :)