In article ,
(Jay) writes:

But the radio station IS paying for it.

I thought it was the other way around (Payola). The station is used
as a promotion tool to push CD sales. Any kind of fee is a formality.


Wrong, do you homework.

As for recording you are not getting
a digitly perfect copy as you are on a download.

The music you download isn't perfect either, its been compressed with
lossy algorithms. I know people that say they can hear the difference
on the typical "rip". Admittedly, the 10,000th person that shares it
is getting the same quality as the first. I'm waiting for the next
compression algorithm for video. There is so much interesting juice
left in that problem to be solved.


That depends on rather you are downloading MP3 or the original format recorded
on the CD. In the latter case, you are getting as near perfect a recording as
possible. It can be reproduced a million times and not lose one bit.


Bob Reed
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