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Doesn't the Sony player play compressed Windows media files from the CD? If yes, it would be worse than an "analog rip".

Yes, but that lawsuit was real. The Selmer case is satire. Check the other "news" on the site

CD Universe also lets you cancel the order until one day (?) before shipping.

Use3D's post is a violation of the DCMA -_-

All these were released on SACD lately, supposed to be superior to CDs. It doesn't make sense to reissue them on newly remastered CDs again.

Thanks for the good news about the Woody Shaw CD. In Germany copyprotected CDs are clearly marked as such in online stores. It would be good if US shops did the same.

According to other scientists, the Milky Way bar looks like this: http://www.plombenzieher.de/index.htm

Is this one copyprotected too, like some of the other August 16 Sony reissues? http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...topic=21298&hl=

I bought just two RVG reissues from the latest batches, Wayne Shorter "Night dreamer" and Donald Byrd "Fuego". For both discs I have the late 80's McMaster remastered CDs which sound quite crappy and I expected a major sound upgrade. But for both discs, even when A/B-ing directly I hardly could hear a difference between the remasterings. The RVG CDs are clearly louder (maybe also slightly compressed), but the frequency balance sound just like the previous CDs. On most RVGs released since 1999, the treble is boosted (often too much), the dynamics are better and the sound is less distant than on the McMasters (Connoisseurs). So I'm wondering if Rudy is still behind the controls. For the moment, I won't upgrade CDs unless they contain some bonus material. How is your impression of the sound of the latest RVGs?

Hmm, secure Windows media means the files cannot be played on any popular portable device that support Windows media. For the moment, the music can only be copied onto portable Sony players, which are quite rare on the market. I just deleted the upcoming Sony titles (Woody Shaw, Dexter Gordon, Bob Brookmeyer, Gerry Mulligan) from my CD Universe wish list and hope that in Europe they will be regular CDs.

In fact copyprotected CDs are as easily copyable as LPs, because they can still be played back on the CD player and recorded with the PC, just like one would make a CD-R from an LP. But I avoid them for reasons of principle, because they are an inferior product.

7 CDs totaling over 9 hours of painstakingly remastered musical genius which encompasses Charles' entire historic Atlantic Records career from 1952-1959, plus rarities. * Massive linen-bound liner notes book features an essay by Atlantic Records cofounder Ahmet Ertegun (who also co-produced this boxed set), an in-depth historical overview by David Ritz, detailed recording session info, and an Atlantic album and singles discography. * Disc 7 boasts 27 tracks-all but three previously unissued-from an historic 1953 rehearsal session with Ahmet Ertegun (referenced in the ?lm Ray); never-heard outakes from the 1958 "(Nigh Time Is) The Right Time" sessions; plus 7 more unreleased recordings captured in a hotel room on tour in 1959. * Disc 8 is a DVD featuring nine great performances from Ray Charles On Voice Of America, 1960 (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival, 1960). Also premieres new footage of Ray director Taylor Hackford interviewing Ahmet Ertegun. * Tons of rare photos and the original liner notes for all of the artist's Atlantic LPs, including insightful writing by renowned music scribes Nat Hentoff, Bill Randle, Guy Remark, Billy Taylor, Leonard Feather, and more. * Beautifully packaged in a '50s-inspired record-player case. Tracks: 1. The Sun's Gonna Shine Again 2. Roll With My Baby 3. The Midnight Hour 4. Jumpin' In The Mornin' 5. It Should've Been Me 6. Losing Hand 7. Heartbreaker 8. Sinner's Prayer 9. Mess Around 10. Funny (But I Still Love You) 11. Feelin' Sad 12. I Wonder Who 13. Don't You Know 14. Nobody Cares 15. Ray's Blues 16. I Got A Break Baby 17. Blackjack 18. I've Got A Woman 19. Greenbacks 20. Come Back Baby 21. A Fool For You 22. This Little Girl Of Mine 23. Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I) 24. Blues Hangover 25. Mary Ann 26. Drown In My Own Tears 27. Hallelujah I Love Her So 28. What Would I Do Without You 29. Dawn Ray 30. The Man I Love 31. Music, Music, Music 32. Black Coffee 33. Lonely Avenue 34. I Want To Know 35. Leave My Woman Alone 36. The Ray 37. I Surrender Dear 38. Hornful Soul 39. Ain't Misbehavin' 40. Joy Ride 41. Sweet Sixteen Bars 42. Doodlin' 43. There's No You 44. Undecided 45. My Melancholy Baby 46. It's All Right 47. Ain't That Love 48. Rockhouse Part 1 49. Rockhouse Part 2 50. Get On The Right Track Baby 51. Swanee River Rock (Talkin' Bout That River) 52. That's Enough 53. Talkin' 'Bout You 54. What Kind Of Man Are You 55. I Want A Little Girl 56. How Long Blues [featuring Milt Jackson] 57. Cosmic Ray [featuring Milt Jackson] 58. The Genius After Hours 59. Charlesville 60. Bags Of Blues [featuring Milt Jackson] 61. Deed I Do [featuring Milt Jackson] 62. Blue Funk [featuring Milt Jackson] 63. Soul Brothers [featuring Milt Jackson] 64. Bag's Guitar Blues [featuring Milt Jackson] 65. Yes Indeed! 66. I Had A Dream 67. You Be My Baby 68. Tell All The World About You 69. My Bonnie 70. Soul Meeting [featuring Milt Jackson] 71. Hallelujah I Love Her So [featuring Milt Jackson] 72. Blue Genius [featuring Milt Jackson] 73. X-Ray Blues [featuring Milt Jackson] 74. Love On My Mind [featuring Milt Jackson] 75. The Spirit-Feel [live] 76. Blues Waltz [live] 77. In A Little Spanish Town [live] 78. Sherry [live] 79. (Night Time Is) The Right Time [live] 80. A Fool For You [live] 81. I've Got A Woman [live] 82. Talkin' Bout You [live] 83. Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River) [live] 84. Yes Indeed! [live] 85. Early In The Mornin' 86. (Night Time Is) The Right Time 87. Carrying That Load [single version] 88. Carrying That Load [LP version] 89. Tell Me How Do You Feel 90. Fathead [featuring David Newman] 91. Tin Tin Deo [featuring David Newman] 92. Bill For Bennie [featuring David Newman] 93. Hard Times [featuring David Newman] 94. Mean To Me [featuring David Newman] 95. Sweet Eyes [featuring David Newman] 96. Weird Beard [featuring David Newman] 97. Willow Weep For Me [featuring David Newman] 98. Tell The Truth 99. What'd I Say Part 1 [mono, LP version] 100. What'd I Say Part 2 [mono, LP version] 101. What'd I Say Part 1 [stereo, LP version] 102. What'd I Say Part 2 [stereo, LP version] 103. Tell Me You'll Wait For Me 104. Come Rain Or Come Shine 105. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin' 106. Just For A Thrill 107. You Won't Let Me Go 108. Am I Blue 109. The Spirit-Feel [live] 110. Frenesi [live] 111. Tell The Truth [live] 112. Drown In My Own Tears [live] 113. (Night Time Is) The Right [live] 114. What'd I Say [live] 115. Let The Good Times Roll 116. Alexander's Ragtime Band 117. Deed I Do 118. When Your Lover Has Gone 119. Two Years Of Torture 120. It Had To Be You 121. I'm Movin' On 122. I Believe To My Soul 123. Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand [previously unreleased] 124. Unknown Title [previously unreleased] 125. Piano Improvisation & Dialog [previously unreleased] 126. Losing Hand & Dialog [previously unreleased] 127. Little Rock Getaway & Dialog 128. Kentucky Waltz [previously unreleased] 129. Heartbreaker [previously unreleased, instrumental] 130. Heartbreaker & Dialog [previously unreleased] 131. Piano Improvisation & Dialog #2 [previously unreleased] 132. Heartbreaker [previously unreleased, False Starts 1-2] 133. Losing Hand & Dialog #2 [previously unreleased] 134. Losing Hand & Dialog #3 [previously unreleased, with reverb] 135. Losing Hand & Dialog #4 [previously unreleased, with reverb] 136. Heartbreaker [previously unreleased] 137. It Should've Been Me & Dialog [previously unreleased] 138. Nobody Cares [previously unreleased] 139. Piano Improvisation & Dialog #3 [previously unreleased] 140. Mess Around [previously unreleased] 141. Funny (But I Still Love You) [previously unreleased] 142. Sinner's Prayer [previously unreleased] 143. Piano Improvisation & Dialog #4 [previously unreleased] 144. Low Society & Dialog #2 [previously unreleased] 145. Worried Life Blues 146. Come Back Baby & Dialog [previously unreleased, Walter Davis version] 147. Low Society 148. (Night Time Is) The Right Time & Dialog [previously unreleased, take 1] 149. (Night Time Is) The Right Time & Dialog [previously unreleased, take 2] 150. (Night Time Is) The Right Time & Dialog [previously unreleased, take 3] 151. (Night Time Is) The Right Time & Dialog [previously unreleased, take 4] 152. (Night Time Is) The Right Time & Dialog [previously unreleased, take 5] 153. (Night Time Is) The Right Time & Dialog [previously unreleased, take 6] 154. (Night Time Is) The Right Time & Dialog [previously unreleased, take 7] 155. Tell Me How Do You Feel [previously unreleased, take 1] 156. Dialog [previously unreleased] 157. It Had To Be You & Dialog [previously unreleased] 158. My Buddy & Dialog [previously unreleased] 159. Dialog [previously unreleased] 160. When Your Lover Has Gone & Dialog [previously unreleased] 161. I'm Beginning To See The Light [previously unreleased] 162. Let The Good Times Roll & Dialog [previously unreleased] http://www.redtrumpet.com/software/item.ph...&sid=1037582723 http://www.amusicdirect.com/products/detai...sku=CRHI74731-8

According to Amazon.de, it is released on September 19 (130 Euro) http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000A7KL7U/

One thing I don't understand is punitive damages. It's OK to make a company pay if it did not respect it's reasonable obligations, but why should the penalty be awarded to the victim? The victim must be compensated for it's real damages, whereas penalties should go to the government budget.

Looks OK, because the message is only saved in your Sent Messages folder when you tick the box "Add a copy of this message to my sent items folder".

If I checked correctly, the Denon is $400 and the Yamaha $600. Unless there is something about the Denon you don't like, I would not consider this a worthwile upgrade. If you upgrade, consider getting a seperate tuner and amplifier. The FM tuner would be the last one you need, and you'll be able to upgrade amplifiers independantly. Seperate amplifiers generally sound better than receivers. There is no technical reason at that, maybe it's because with receivers the functionality is priority and not sound quality. The choice of stereo receivers is also quite limited, as most now have surround amplification, which for the same price is necessarily of lower quality than just stereo amplication. For tuners and amplifiers, you can make good deals in buying second hand. This is technology that has not evolved much in the last decade(s), so no need to get the latest models.

"Buttercorn Lady" has been reissued on CD in Japan: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=6

Currently, jurisprudence does not recognize remastering work as something worth of copyright protection. So when Definitive reissues mid-50's Miles or Monk material, they can copy the music from Blue Note RVG or Fantasy CDs. Most of us consider this wrong ethically, but the law only cares about the musical performance, not the work necessary to remaster or even restore the recording.

To comply with US laws, he should have said "mid-1930's and earlier". Legally speaking, importing a mid-1950's CD from Definitive or Proper into the US is just like importing counterfeits of the newest pop albums. Definitive is always making sure to be in line with EU laws, but the US dealers don't care about US laws.

It's impossible to legally force someone to manufacture and sell a product. The provisions in intellectual property laws that usually try to solve this type of problem are compulsory licenses. If the rightholder does not exploit his exclusive right, anyone is allowed to use/manufacture/sell the product/work, but has to pay a licensing fee to the right holder (amount determined by a court if no agreement is possible). This exists in patent law, in order to guarantee that the public benefits from important inventions. It also exists in copyright law, but only for radio broadcasting. When a radio station wants to play a record, it doesn't have to ask the rightholder for permission, but has to pay a fee according to a schedule agreed upon by a commission comprised of rightholders and users. If this was also applicable to CD releases, it would mean that if a labels thinks it isn't worth reissuing a recording or keeping it in print, it will have to accept that other labels release it, but it will receive a "reasonable" licensing payment in return (which is usually lower than a voluntary licensing fee).

Quite a climate shock for me. I spent 3 weeks in Malta, where temperatures were constantly over 30° C, and now I'm back in Luxembourg with the lowest summer temperatures I remember (10° in the morning, 16-20° during the day). That's colder than winter in Malta!

It's a bad album, but at least Anka did not do the most obvious and safe thing (like Rod Stewart, Robbie Williams and others before him) of making a big band album with just jazz standards.

The pressure is already there. But it's a EU decision, the member states cannot act independently in this matter. Only the EU Commission can propose such a change.

Agreed, they should respect the national laws. Europe chose 50 years protection, the US 70 years (since 1989), so the CDs with 40's and 50's material should not be on the US market. But the role of the big US stores (like CD Universe or Tower Records) which sell those titles should also be questioned. Why do they import CDs that are clearly illegal in the US?