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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
That's nice. That also, as far as I know, puts you in a decided minority.
After all, there are reasons why FLAC did not become the standard. One is that most people don't mind lossy compressed music. In fact, the average listener apparently can't distinguish between a 64 kbps and a 256 kbps MP3.
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As I noted in my previous post, did you just gloss over the destructive bit? As far as FLAC, you do realize the only reason you have ever heard of it is because of pirates adopting it as a high quality transfer medium? They popularized the format. Businesses still treat it as a red-headed step-child; you can't get commercial hardware that plays a
free and open codec unless you spend a few thousand dollars. That's why it hasn't taken off, despite significant interest from enthusiasts.
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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
Err? Most downloaded albums tend to be around $10 (and no sales tax or shipping costs), whereas CD's were $15-$18 until a few months ago.
And, of course, you can make as many backups as you like of your downloaded music.
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CDs haven't been $18 for many
years now. I know I've been buying $8.99 and $9.99 discs off of Amazon for five years, at least. And there's always the brisk used CD trade.
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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
But to me it's fairly clear that a good chunk of pirates are people who simply do not want to pay for digital content. There are numerous rationalizations for this -- "it's not like shoplifting" or "it's got DRM" or "the artist doesn't get paid anyway," but ultimately much of the time it comes down to "I don't wanna pay."
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How about an actual academic study, or really any peer reviewed proof, of your claim here?
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As to the enthusiasts: Pirated music is all over the map in terms of quality and bitrates and naming conventions, and is often accompanied by all those lovely ads for "Russian Laides Looking For Friendship."  Again FLAC did not take off, and CD sales are sinking faster than the Titanic, so there goes the "higher quality" theory. |
Once again, you obviously have not studied that which you speak of. Yes, you can find shitty versions of music on the Pirate Bay. Try looking at a music specific tracker. They often reward high quality rips, and have stringent rules for including things like
Exact Audio Copy logs; to ensure a high quality product.
The pirates, or at least a sizable portion of them, care more about quality than the people selling the product. Witness the lovingly crafted eBooks versus the drek that the Publishers STILL crank out.