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| From | "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com> |
| Subject | Re: Emusic: no more unlimited downloads |
| Date | Fri, 10 Oct 2003 15:23:06 -0500 |
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I think (former) E-music users should get thier revenge by sharing all the
files they downloaded from them on 2P2 programs.
Billy
(just kidding)
At 11:10 AM 10/10/03 -0700, you wrote:
>>
>> This is where the collector's impulse meets the accumulator's compulsion.
>A
>> broadband connection to unlimited eMusic has turned me into the equivalent
>> of those guys who are found dead in their apartments surrounded by
>> floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall stacks of old newspapers. Maybe the new
>> policy will introduce a little sanity to the proceedings.
>>
>> Drew
>
>Then maybe I should give eMusic a big thanks! My problem is that I already
>am far too complusive a buyer at things like flea markets and garage sales
>("ooh doggies, I love that one 5th Dimension song - and these three LPs are
>only 50 cents each...swoop!) and my small one bedroom apartment is
>overflowing with vinyl. I was planning to (and probably still will) replace
>some of my vinyl with stuff off of eMusic, on top of getting some out of
>print material. I know this has been debated quite a bit, but if I can
>download the Flatmates comp I saw, scan and print a cover from one of the
>four pieces of vinyl I have and then sell off the vinyl, it:
>
>a) prevents death from tripping over the crap scattered all over my living
>room
>
>b) gives me money to pay for emusic, and
>
>c) hopefully gives me additional funds to buy new music at favorite
>retailers.
>
>The sound quality seems OK; at least good enough to my ears. I could sit
>down and record the vinyl at some point, but anyone who has done that knows
>it can be a fairly long and tedious process, and the sound quality isn't
>that much better than what eMusic delivers, from what I can tell. And since
>I'm going to burn everything, I don't risk the suicide inducing hard drive
>crash.
>
>I am slowly talking myself into it....
>
>Steve
>
Billy G. Spradlin
http://listen.to/jangleradio
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