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5 Sep 2024 07:20:17 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Open source software is always stable  
From: Invisible
Date: 19 Oct 2009 11:23:27
Message: <4adc846f$1@news.povray.org>
>>>> Thanks to DRM, I get to buy the same product for 10x the price.
>>> And in some cases, you get to buy it more than once.
>> Heh, that's why I don't buy DRM-protected content. ;-)
> 
> Same here.  There's not much audio-wise that I find worth it.  I think 
> the last music CDs we purchased were the complete LOTR soundtrack discs.

I bought Natasha Beggingfield. Not the ones with the rootkit, fortunately...

> Answer to both questions in the parenthetical is "yes". :-)  This is 
> something where I'm OK with re-buying the content, because I'm paying for 
> the improved quality.  Same thing with buying CDs to replace cassettes.  
> But buying MP3s to replace CDs?  No, I'll rip 'em myself, thanks.

Buy MP3s, which are by definition lower quality than CDs? Heh, I don't 
think so. ;-)

(But then, I use Ogg Vorbis anyway...)


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