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Why didn't I think about this before I bought this CD off iTunes?!
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<blockquote data-quote="walkerj" data-source="post: 368669" data-attributes="member: 9385"><p>I disagree with the 'loss of quality' issue when burning an iTunes purchased song. Doug of Dougscripts.com has a bit of an explaination here <a href="http://dougscripts.com/itunes/ixarch/arch.php?my=2006-12" target="_blank">http://dougscripts.com/itunes/ixarch/arch.php?my=2006-12</a> but the summary is that if a song is encoded at 128kbps or 256 or whatever and you re-encode it you're not losing quality because there is nothing really to lose.</p><p></p><p>I do know that when I record internet streams and then later encode them at the same bit-rate that they were originally played in the stream to .mp3 the sound is indistinguishable from the original .aiff or .wav that I've saved off.</p><p></p><p>Audiophiles need not apply. You need to go out and buy vinyl and HD DVD to work with your stereo systems that cost more than all the cars I've purchased in my 39 years of existance.</p><p></p><p>So on the equipment we're talking about here (iPods, computers, earbuds) burn away to CD to strip that gawd-awful DRM and re-import those tunes to do whatever you want with them. </p><p></p><p>Of course, sharing is, you know, all that and all and keep buying those iTunes (especially the forthcoming EMI records DRM free tunes; I will if there's anything in their catalog that I'm interested in and willing to spend the buck-39p on) so that the music producing people can continue to eat.</p><p></p><p>For the "oh, that's illegal crowd" here's a little thought experiment:</p><p></p><p>Say I have Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon album on CD (which I do; purchased in 1989 if I remember correctly at $39 in late 80s $$'s) in my car to listen while I'm driving. (I don't because it's on my iPod, but bear with me.) I park in the local quick-e-mart (Wawa in my neighborhoods) and run in to get a sandwich. While I'm in there paying for my sandwich an unruly teenager sees my Floyd CD and snatches it out of my unlocked car. Theft? You betcha.</p><p></p><p>Now imagine I'm in the same parking lot, but now the kid has a laptop computer. Instead of snatching my CD, he grabs it, puts it into his laptop (Windows, of course, kids using Macs don't do wrong) and rips the CD to his iTunes (or Windows Media, or whatever) and puts it back in my car. Has he committed theft? Well...that's for the lawyers to sort out; some would say sure he has. Am I liable for this purloined music? You betcha! That shows up on some bit-torrent and it came from me, so I must be a theif, right? Eh, it's not so clear is it? RIAA will be happy to sue me if they can get away with it. All I was doing was getting a sandwich. Am I supposed to keep an eye on my car to keep unruly teenagers with laptops from stealing their music? I think not, but that's the world the RIAA would like you to believe you live it.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, burn to CD and re-import at whatever bitrate the file was at in the first place shouldn't result in a loss of quality, whether you rip it from someone's car in a Wawa parking lot or from your own iTunes purchase.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="walkerj, post: 368669, member: 9385"] I disagree with the 'loss of quality' issue when burning an iTunes purchased song. Doug of Dougscripts.com has a bit of an explaination here [url]http://dougscripts.com/itunes/ixarch/arch.php?my=2006-12[/url] but the summary is that if a song is encoded at 128kbps or 256 or whatever and you re-encode it you're not losing quality because there is nothing really to lose. I do know that when I record internet streams and then later encode them at the same bit-rate that they were originally played in the stream to .mp3 the sound is indistinguishable from the original .aiff or .wav that I've saved off. Audiophiles need not apply. You need to go out and buy vinyl and HD DVD to work with your stereo systems that cost more than all the cars I've purchased in my 39 years of existance. So on the equipment we're talking about here (iPods, computers, earbuds) burn away to CD to strip that gawd-awful DRM and re-import those tunes to do whatever you want with them. Of course, sharing is, you know, all that and all and keep buying those iTunes (especially the forthcoming EMI records DRM free tunes; I will if there's anything in their catalog that I'm interested in and willing to spend the buck-39p on) so that the music producing people can continue to eat. For the "oh, that's illegal crowd" here's a little thought experiment: Say I have Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon album on CD (which I do; purchased in 1989 if I remember correctly at $39 in late 80s $$'s) in my car to listen while I'm driving. (I don't because it's on my iPod, but bear with me.) I park in the local quick-e-mart (Wawa in my neighborhoods) and run in to get a sandwich. While I'm in there paying for my sandwich an unruly teenager sees my Floyd CD and snatches it out of my unlocked car. Theft? You betcha. Now imagine I'm in the same parking lot, but now the kid has a laptop computer. Instead of snatching my CD, he grabs it, puts it into his laptop (Windows, of course, kids using Macs don't do wrong) and rips the CD to his iTunes (or Windows Media, or whatever) and puts it back in my car. Has he committed theft? Well...that's for the lawyers to sort out; some would say sure he has. Am I liable for this purloined music? You betcha! That shows up on some bit-torrent and it came from me, so I must be a theif, right? Eh, it's not so clear is it? RIAA will be happy to sue me if they can get away with it. All I was doing was getting a sandwich. Am I supposed to keep an eye on my car to keep unruly teenagers with laptops from stealing their music? I think not, but that's the world the RIAA would like you to believe you live it. Anyway, burn to CD and re-import at whatever bitrate the file was at in the first place shouldn't result in a loss of quality, whether you rip it from someone's car in a Wawa parking lot or from your own iTunes purchase. [/QUOTE]
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