GA Russell Posted January 11, 2013 Report Posted January 11, 2013 Here's a link to an article in today's Chicago Tribune which says that Amazon will allow its customers to download for free mp3 copies of CDs they have purchased from Amazon. Right now the offer is good for 50,000 albums. The offer is retroactive going back to 1998. The program is called Amazon AutoRip. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-amazon-to-give-music-cd-buyers-a-free-digital-version-20130110,0,2359412.story Quote
JSngry Posted January 11, 2013 Report Posted January 11, 2013 Why would i want this? If I already own a CD, I can rip it the way I want it ripped. And if I already have an mp3 of something that I want in better quality and/or to meet my own ethical responsibilities, I will buy a CD. I must be missing something really basic here...maybe the death of CDs, the impending death of the desktop and cellphones don't have disc drives? What else? Obviously I'm not the target market for this program. Quote
GA Russell Posted January 11, 2013 Author Report Posted January 11, 2013 Jim, the first thought that comes to my mind is this: The program is for people who like to buy CDs. This will get them used to using Amazon's cloud player. For many people, their entire CD collection (not us, certainly) will be available in one location, in addition to wherever the CDs may be found (or lost) at the moment. Quote
BFrank Posted January 11, 2013 Report Posted January 11, 2013 You get the music instantly while you are waiting for your CD to ship. Also you don't have to rip the CD and can play it on your Cloud player anytime. Quote
Quincy Posted January 11, 2013 Report Posted January 11, 2013 Why would i want this? If I already own a CD, I can rip it the way I want it ripped. And if I already have an mp3 of something that I want in better quality and/or to meet my own ethical responsibilities, I will buy a CD. I must be missing something really basic here...maybe the death of CDs, the impending death of the desktop and cellphones don't have disc drives? What else? Obviously I'm not the target market for this program. It's pretty good if you travel and have wi-fi. I've gotten lazy about loading the iPod because of Spotify, youtube, etc. It seems like one can find music somehow or other if I'm in a place where I shouldn't whistle or hum. This will encourage me to lazier still with managing digital music. Quote
JSngry Posted January 11, 2013 Report Posted January 11, 2013 I guess I'm used to finding other things to do while waiting for something that's not going to happen instantly. Quote
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