How we gonna play our discs in the next future?!

[kfbkfb]

IMHO, one danger of having (nearly) all music on servers only (no official physical copies) is that the copy on the servers is subject to "politically correct" editing.

I think the MPA movie rating system should be used for music (obviously, some of the rated things in movies won't apply to music) and the streamable/downloadable music should be restricted like movies are (no editing).


Kirk Bayne

 

[mandrix]

IMHO, one danger of having (nearly) all music on servers only (no official physical copies) is that the copy on the servers is subject to "politically correct" editing.

I think the MPA movie rating system should be used for music (obviously, some of the rated things in movies won't apply to music) and the streamable/downloadable music should be restricted like movies are (no editing).


Kirk Bayne

That's an interesting train of thought I admit I never explored.
Brings to mind lyrics from an old Savoy Brown song....troubled by these days and times...

 

[Sal1950]

Where else can one go and have a respectable discussion about our preferences for music, formats, devices? No matter. We have strong opinions and that's great, and by and large remain civil.
I think that's pretty darn good.
Happy holidays to each and every one of you.

Very well said brother.
Hope your having a wonderful holiday with friends and family today.
Sal

 

[esimms86]

Where else can one go and have a respectable discussion about our preferences for music, formats, devices? No matter. We have strong opinions and that's great, and by and large remain civil.
I think that's pretty darn good.
Happy holidays to each and every one of you.

Well said Mandrix. Happy Holidays to all.

 

[barfle]

We are blessed (or cursed) with a plethora of viable formats. Just MP3s can have a rew dozen different compression levels, fer cryin out loud. And some of us collect truly obscure formats, like my collection of Teleplayer EVR films. There have been some excellent players of these formats over the years, and those of us who have the format care for their players and dread the day when the last spare hanninframis cracks. All good. I even love my SACDs.

May your Christmas, or whatever solstice festival you celebrate, be joyful and spent with those you love.

 

[jimfisheye]

IMHO, one danger of having (nearly) all music on servers only (no official physical copies) is that the copy on the servers is subject to "politically correct" editing.

I think the MPA movie rating system should be used for music (obviously, some of the rated things in movies won't apply to music) and the streamable/downloadable music should be restricted like movies are (no editing).


Kirk Bayne

Is "politically correct editing" a euphemism for "my server crashed and I didn't have backup"?

We have to care for are albums. Same for CDs. Same for computers and hard drives.
The ability to have a backup that is very literally a perfect clone of the source with no generational issues is pretty solid. Some action is required but this can be more robust than before. Keep an offsite backup with some of your friends. (You know, for backup purposes.)

If you mean relying on someone else's server...
Yeah, treat anything you see online as fleeting! Download and save anything useful you find as though you think it will be deleted tomorrow. Sometimes it is! The 20-somethings just blown by the wind with streaming services and no personal collections whatsoever is a little shocking. But then I seem to remember that I was always an outlier keeping a music collection while all my friends just tuned into some radio. The next level up from that was making cheap cassettes on a boombox. Radio became streaming. Similar quality too. Cheap boombox cassettes became mp3s.