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Any websites where people swap/borrow cds so they can make high quality files of music they own?

post #1 of 12
8/18/10 at 12:38am
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For example, I have a bunch of stuff from emusic because it was really cheap. But on good earphones, the quality of the files sucks. Yet, I have the legal right to the song now. Are there any sites where people swap cds so they can get high quality files? Any feedback on this idea?

Thanks!

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post #2 of 12
8/18/10 at 12:49am

so you want to pirate music the physical way? lol

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post #3 of 12
8/18/10 at 7:35am
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No, not pirate. It's music I've downloaded and paid for. If you buy the rights to a song, whether a cassette, album or cd, you have the rights to a digital copy of that music. If you have a digital version on your hard drive, you have the right to have a copy on your mp3 player. I'm just wondering if having the song gives you the right to a lossless copy!

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post #4 of 12
8/18/10 at 7:48am
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Originally Posted by imackler View Post

For example, I have a bunch of stuff from emusic because it was really cheap. But on good earphones, the quality of the files sucks. 

 

It was cheap because the quality of the file sucks.  You got what you paid for!
 

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post #5 of 12
8/18/10 at 8:05am

^I don't share the opinion that 256VBR 'sucks'

 

When you buy music, you don't have rights to it. You are allowed to play it, or you get the license/key to play it if you are using iTunes or something with DRM. A lossless copy contains bits you didn't pay to play.

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post #6 of 12
8/18/10 at 8:14am
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Originally Posted by stevenswall View Post

^I don't share the opinion that 256VBR 'sucks'

 

When you buy music, you don't have rights to it. You are allowed to play it, or you get the license/key to play it if you are using iTunes or something with DRM. A lossless copy contains bits you didn't pay to play.


Sadly, emusic has lots of files that are below 256VBR. And they don't post what bit rate the music has recorded in, so its pretty much a guess. 256, I'm cool with.

 

I'm just curious. How do you know one don't have the rights? (I've thought about this, but never heard an answer.) If I buy a hard copy, I have the rights to it. Not the right to make copies and sell it, of course. But those songs are mine, and I can put them into whatever format I want. Why not a digital copy? So if I have a lossless version of a cd that I bought in 256, I've pirated it.

 

Were you serious when you said that a "lossless copy contains bits you didn't pay to play"? What if you buy a scratched cd? Can you download the damaged song from another source?

 

Thanks!

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post #7 of 12
8/18/10 at 1:11pm

I made the mistake of buying 192kbps music off iTunes, couple years later I went out and bought the CD. I understand your logic, but the law doesn't work that way. I bought the movie "Half Baked" about 3 years ago. I recently went to watch it and it was scratched to shit. I went online and downloaded it. I felt like I was justified but if I were to be sued I couldn't use the excuse "But I know a physical copy of the movie!" They would laugh.

 

Basically you're talking about Physical File Sharing, which is unauthorized reproduction. When you buy a CD you buy the rights to the files on that CD. If you break it, you can't go back a year later and say "See, here's the receipt, I own the rights to this music, please give me a new CD."

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post #8 of 12
8/18/10 at 6:40pm

Go to the library, you might be surprised.

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post #9 of 12
8/18/10 at 9:30pm

Good question, but consider that you do not have "the legal right to the song." You don't even have the legal right to the recording. You have the legal right to your copy of the recording, which is what you purchased, and any copies you make of that copy within the confines of the fair use doctrine.

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post #10 of 12
8/19/10 at 12:09pm

If you must buy in order to sleep at night.  The cheapest option is used off Amazon. Every cd costs $2.98 to ship, but most older cds can be had for less than a dollar.

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post #11 of 12
8/21/10 at 7:02am

I'll second the idea of checking the library. Obviously it depends on where you live, as each library is different. But mine has some great stuff. I was quite impressed and surprised when I first discovered that.

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post #12 of 12
8/23/10 at 7:14am
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Originally Posted by imackler View Post

Were you serious when you said that a "lossless copy contains bits you didn't pay to play"?


The RIAA doesn't believe in fair use:

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Even if CDs do become damaged, replacements are readily available at affordable prices.

Which is why people consider them a joke.

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