[ale] OT: music sites?

[Benjie]

Audio Atlanta in Marietta used to ( circa 2000) repair turntables.  Good
luck finding a belt or a wheel.  ( My turntable seems to lose belt tension
all the time, I chalk it up to cheap quality of replacement parts.)

Benjie

On 3/25/06, Scott Castaline <hscast at charter.net> wrote:
>
> tfreeman at intel.digichem.net wrote:
> > On Sat, 25 Mar 2006, Scott Castaline wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Geoffrey wrote:
> >>
> >>> Pat Regan wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Geoffrey wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>> a better than good point; the source is irrelevant in this case,
> since
> >>>>>> you've already paid for your license.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> 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.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> 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.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> Yeah, and as noted, I'm not interested in going there. :(
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> 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.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> 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.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> Agreed.  That's the way it USED to be...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>  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.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> I'm too young for this, I just used to use cassette tapes :p.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> Gee thanks, I suddenly feel old. :)  I don't even dare note that it
> was
> >>> 45's before I started purchasing lps...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> 78's anyone???
> >>
> >
> > 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
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