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   The MP3 lie

   

   RIAA Coward, Mar 20th, 2000 @ 2:53pm

   
   

   the author uses a line I've seen in almost every other MP3 article: "if I find an MP3 I like, I go out and buy the CD". Bullshit. Mike said this in an earlier article, too, but I trust Mike.

   I'd propose that this line be added to the list of top 10 Internet lies. When I find a song I like on Napster, I download every other song by the artist I can find.

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   Re: The MP3 lie

   

   Mike (profile), Mar 20th, 2000 @ 3:06pm

   
   

   I can back that statement up, if you'd like. I see no reason to publicly list CDs I own, but if you contact me personally I will tell you CDs I've purchased due to first hearing the MP3. I will say that I don't buy every CD of every artist who's MP3 I download (and I should add I am actually fairly new to the whole MP3 world - owing mostly to only recently buying a computer that had more than 40 megs available). However, if I find an artist I like, and I notice I like repeated recordings of that artist, then I want to own the CD. It might just be the collector mentality in me: I don't consider MP3s to be permanent. Having the CD as a part of my collection makes it real to me. That's why I own an insane number of CDs (and vinyl too - but that's almost purely for collector reasons). But, I will say that there are a number of CDs I've purchased simply because I've heard a few MP3s by an artist and really enjoyed them. I will also say that at this time (and who knows if this will stay true) I don't have any MP3s on my computer (that I can think of) that I don't also own on CD.

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