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I posted this over on non-film score discussion, but thought I'd share here, too. Amazon announced today AutoRip. http://amzn.to/TNaJf0 "What would you say if you bought music CDs from a company 15 years ago...and then 15 years later that company licensed the rights from the record companies to give you the MP3 versions of those CDs...and then to top it off, did that for you automatically and for free? Well...we call it Amazon AutoRip and it’s available starting today." I've seen a bunch of stuff show up now in my Amazon Cloud Drive, including some Doctor Who cds from Silva Screen and the ST:TMP 20th anniversary set and a bunch of Bond soundtracks...
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Neat idea. They say that gifts do not count, but more than a few of the albums included in the AutoRip section of the cloud player were gifts. Let's just say I now have the complete recordings of New Kids On The Block, free and available to download at any time. I think you would have attracted more attention if you would have just titled this "SHiTunes" or whatever.
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What I like about it is the idea of streaming stuff I already own when i'm not at home. Don't have to load up the ipad with mp3s but can still hear some of my music.
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So where does that leave the preachers who said making a copy but selling the original is illegal? Amazon will be providing free copies of CDs to buyers who might have sold or traded the original CDs years ago. The fact is, Amazon is providing copies irrespective of whether the buyer still owns the original CD or not. So the old argument about copying and selling an original CD being illegal is now meaningless. This is what happened with me today, and I love it (obviously).
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Jan 10, 2013 - 5:46 PM
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TerraEpon
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So where does that leave the preachers who said making a copy but selling the original is illegal? Amazon will be providing free copies of CDs to buyers who might have sold or traded the original CDs years ago. The fact is, Amazon is providing copies irrespective of whether the buyer still owns the original CD or not. So the old argument about copying and selling an original CD being illegal is now meaningless. Ok. So who wants my Return to Oz CD? $30. Just let me finish ripping and tagging it. You can have the disc, enjoy it, while I still enjoy the disc too because, after all, it's perfectly ok. Ok so I guess it's OOP so it's not a big deal... Fine. Maybe I'll buy La-La Land's Batman TAS Vol. 2, rip it all, and give someone a nice $15 discount on buying it from me. We all win right -- I get to enjoy music for cheap, someone else gets a discount, and....La-La Land gets the profit from one set sold. Hmmm, something wrong there, isn't there?
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