[ale] OT: music sites?

[Scott Castaline]

tfreeman at intel.digichem.net wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Mar 2006, Scott Castaline wrote:
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>> Geoffrey wrote:
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>>> Pat Regan wrote:
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>>>> Geoffrey wrote:
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>>>>>> a better than good point; the source is irrelevant in this case, since
>>>>>> you've already paid for your license.
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>>>>> Is it though?  I mean, I really don't know how the law looks at this. 
>>>>> Seems to me the RIAA (and MPAA) are more likely to have you in chains 
>>>>> and ask questions later.
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>>>> At this point, I am pretty sure it is a legal grey area.  Fair use lets
>>>> you make personal copies, I don't believe it is terribly specific about
>>>> where they come from.  From your point of view, I don't think it has
>>>> gone to court either way.
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>>> Yeah, and as noted, I'm not interested in going there. :(
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>>>>> I don't know of any sites that provide free music by way of verifying 
>>>>> you've already purchased it. IANALTG, but I don't even want to approach 
>>>>> the line of illegality, much less tip toe across and back for the sake 
>>>>> of philosophical principles.
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>>>> There used to be a service that made you put the CD in the drive to
>>>> verify that you owned the title.  I believe it would then let you access
>>>> the tracks any time.  I forget who the company was, and I believe they
>>>> were forced to shut down.
>>>>
>>>> That is the wrong side of this, though.  On the receiving end, there
>>>> shouldn't be any reason to have to prove that you aren't breaking the
>>>> law.  If someone really wants to try, they should have to prove that you
>>>> are.
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>>> Agreed.  That's the way it USED to be...
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>>>>>  From that perspective, anyone know where one might take an older (say 
>>>>> 20+ years) turntable for maintenance?  It paid around $400 back then, so 
>>>>> I'd expect it's worth the effort.
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>>>> I'm too young for this, I just used to use cassette tapes :p.
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>>> Gee thanks, I suddenly feel old. :)  I don't even dare note that it was 
>>> 45's before I started purchasing lps...
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>> 78's anyone???
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> Naw. The old wax cylinders would be much more impressive. (Not that I've 
> ever seen such a beast)
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I think I might have a couple of those, oops, sorry I forgot, I had left 
them out in the sun when I was still living in FLA.