05-05-2003 09:05									#31
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You clever bastards. Hope someone hooks you up with the track. Just remember that you're robbing Rob Thomas blind while you're downloading it.

	05-05-2003 09:08									#32
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quote: Originally posted by Drake Tungsten You clever bastards. Hope someone hooks you up with the track. Just remember that you're robbing Rob Thomas blind while you're downloading it.

20 million albums, he's not hurting.

My concert tickets more than make up for it, doncha know.

I've bought tracks of his online too (WMA-protected), but I'm not getting iTunes to get it.

	05-05-2003 09:11									#33
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Rob wants you to use iTunes, Asher. That's why he gave Apple an exclusive track, doncha know. A real fan would do what Rob Thomas wants, eh?

	05-05-2003 09:14									#34
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The record company handles that kind of ****, and you know it.

	05-05-2003 09:16									#35
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You should get iTunes just to explore the store. I've been previewing songs for hours now and have yet to get tired of it. It's a lot of fun.

	05-05-2003 09:18									#36
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Why would I use iTunes at all?

There are other online music stores, and if I buy music, I want it on a damned CD...

	05-05-2003 09:20									#37
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What if you only want one or two songs on a CD? Do you steal from the artist or pay an outrageous amount for the whole CD? It seems like Apple's offering a good middle ground with iTunes.

	05-05-2003 09:21									#38
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quote: Originally posted by Drake Tungsten What if you only want one or two songs on a CD? Do you steal from the artist or pay an outrageous amount for the whole CD?

Steal from them and pay outrageous amounts of money to see them live when they come to town (so they actually get money).

	05-05-2003 09:27									#39
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quote: Steal from them and pay outrageous amounts of money to see them live when they come to town (so they actually get money).

That doesn't help us folks that live in places where big concerts don't come.

BTW, I'm shocked at how many Hall & Oates songs I know.

	05-05-2003 09:35									#40
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MB20 is skipping Calgary on their world tour this year so I'm rather angry anyway.

	05-05-2003 09:37									#41
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quote: MB20 is skipping Calgary on their world tour this year so I'm rather angry anyway.

Maybe they'd come if you ungrateful Canucks would buy their music.

	05-05-2003 10:13									#42
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"You clever bastards."
It's not really that clever - they're basically just rerecording the song. Any clutz could do it - it's just a pain in the butt.

I downloaded a full cd for four dollars tonight. I'm happy with it.

	05-05-2003 10:15									#43
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quote: Originally posted by Drake Tungsten Maybe they'd come if you ungrateful Canucks would buy their music.

They're huge here, their last concert sold out 18,000 seats at the Saddledome in half an hour...

The top two radio stations for the town (CJay92, ThePeak 107) use MB20 on their posters and TV ads.

	05-05-2003 10:25									#44
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Wow, I guess you northeners really do have bad taste!

	05-05-2003 11:09									#45
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quote: Wow, I guess you northeners really do have bad taste!

What would you expect from a nation that produced both Celine Dion and Bryan Adams?

	05-05-2003 11:14									#46
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And Nickelback and Avril.

	05-05-2003 11:17									#47
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Don't forget Sum 41.

	05-05-2003 11:17									#48
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You know the main problem with this is before you know it, you'll all owe $100s .

	05-05-2003 11:17									#49
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And the Barenaked Ladies.

	05-05-2003 12:14									#50
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Sum 41, Celine Dion, Nickelback... Now THERE'S an Axis of Evil! Or perhaps it should be Axis of Avril??? Oh man - that was horrible.

	05-05-2003 12:17									#51
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Man, after a joke like that, you should be glad MtG isn't on the prowl .

	05-05-2003 12:23									#52
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What is he on now then??? The lam? The smack?

	06-05-2003 01:56									#53
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Well the itunes music store sold over a million songs in its first week of operation.

http://maccentral.macworld.com/news...05/itunesmusic/

I must say I am surprised.

	06-05-2003 01:57									#54
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$1M in revenue...watch out, MS.

	06-05-2003 02:02									#55
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quote: Originally posted by Asher $1M in revenue...watch out, MS.

Might sink Bill's ambitions to get all the music companies to use WMA9. Apparently they aren't too keen on handing over their keys to him.

	06-05-2003 02:04									#56
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Companies have been selling protected WMA files for over a year already...

I bought two so far.

Plus, lots of hardware companies have signed on for Windows Media DVD players. And Creative supports WMA instead of AAC for their mobile audio products...

	06-05-2003 02:17									#57
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quote: Originally posted by Asher Companies have been selling protected WMA files for over a year already... I bought two so far. Plus, lots of hardware companies have signed on for Windows Media DVD players. And Creative supports WMA instead of AAC for their mobile audio products...

I think it would be really dumb for music companies to tie their product into anything other than an open standard.

But it's their funeral.

	06-05-2003 02:22									#58
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quote: Originally posted by Agathon I think it would be really dumb for music companies to tie their product into anything other than an open standard. But it's their funeral.

WMA is cheaper than Dolby's AAC encoding licensing fees (how is this open, btw) and Faunhaufer's MP3 licensing fees.

I'm still really confused about how you equate AAC to being an open standard, when last I checked it was a proprietary Dolby standard.

	06-05-2003 02:24									#59
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quote: Originally posted by Asher WMA is cheaper than Dolby's AAC encoding licensing fees (how is this open, btw) and Faunhaufer's MP3 licensing fees. I'm still really confused about how you equate AAC to being an open standard, when last I checked it was a proprietary Dolby standard.

Well it's open in the sense that no monpolistic OS manufacturer owns it, which is really all that matters.

	06-05-2003 02:27									#60
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As a company I'd be more concerned with the cost, quality, and feature set than who owns it.

It's not like Dolby has a monopoly on DVD audio, right? It's not like Dolby is desperately trying to get the DVD-Audio stamp, right?