'ISPs don't work for the RIAA' → Re: EFF - Encouraging Fraudulent Filesharing

I'll second that. I haven't heard a CD worth purchasing in a long while. True, there are the odd singles that are belted out by bands...but not enough to pay premium retail for an entire CD. I'll either wait for a rental, or buy those bands CDs cheap at a used CD music store.

Well when most CD's have only one or two good songs out of 16, whats the point? Thats whu legal music sales are skyrocketing and singles and "best of's" are doing well.
People are getting tired of the filler songs, and its the artists and the RIAA who is to blame. A good musican will spread out his or her best songs over a number of albums, that why they can get the most money over time, but the rest of the songs suck, again one or two out of 16 are good. Its crappy but thats the way it is. Anyways, legal downloads are coming along nice and I dont see piracy putting a big dent into it as the RIAA claims.

If supermarkets would get their heads out of their @sses and lower the price of steaks I wouldn't have to send my crackhead girlfriend in to shoplift my dinner. [/sarcasm]So does that mean you have heard music worth stealing? [/sarcasm]

Nope. Just wait for the CD price to drop like a rock, or pick it up later at a used music store for cheap. One track doesn't justify a full retail CD cost. However, I might be willing to pay a couple of bucks for it.

Because I believe if I am to use CD-quality music, I feel the need to pay for the CD it comes on. However, there are very, very few CDs worth the price of a full retail purchase (ie. $15). Most CDs only have one...maybe two tracks worth listening to, and that isn't worth the price. I simply wait for the market to take over, and pick myself up a copy of said CD once it hits the bargain bin at a music store.

As for why I don't use legal downloading? I think paying similar costs for lesser-quality product loaded in DRM isn't worth my dime. CDs have always been fine, and I don't need to worry about how many of my computers/devices the music's on.

How about the "best of" and anthology type CDs? You get nothing but the hits and at a good price. That is the only way I buy CDs.

That's about a 50/50 crapshoot, honestly. Sometimes a "best of" can be awesome, and have literally their "best of" songs. However, others will stray with the CD, again only including 2-3 tracks of good music, and the rest filled with the "best of" crap music filler.

Again, if a CD's worth the price, I'll buy it. For the other one-track temptations, I'll just wait for them to be offered at a better price.

You can create your own iMixes on iTunes as long as the music is in the store and do it that way.

They go by "Christmas Essentials" or "Trance Hits" created by users. The business model provided by iTMS is flexible and the audio is cheaper because it's compressed and delivered online.