« Fred von Lohmann: Noncommercial Gripesites Rejoice! |
Main
| Cruel Intentions »
April 5, 2005
Mark Cuban on the beginning of the end of CDs
Posted by Jason Schultz
Mark Cuban is fast approaching alpha-geek status. Check out his recent post on why he can't and won't buy CDs anymore:
MP3 players are changing peoples listening habits. We don’t carry folders filled with CDs anymore. We carry our library in our MP3 players. We don’t listen to CDs. We listen to playlists that we adjust all the time. We don’t burn CDs anymore, it’s too time consuming. We copy all our music to our MP3 players so it’s all available at our fingertips.
Comments (2)
+ TrackBacks (0) | Category: Tech
- RELATED ENTRIES
- › Apple Jumps Into iBooks - With Hobnailed Boots
- › On the Dissent in Golan v Holder
- › Jonathan Coulton on Megaupload/Piracy
- › Stallman on E-Book Evils & Privacy
- › Admin Update
- › Joe Konrath Claims USD 100,000 E-book Profits in Jan
- › Nate Anderson vs the MPAA
- › SF vs SF Ideas
1. AdamThomas on April 6, 2005 12:13 AM writes...
I find it interesting that he first totes the RIAA line, that downloading is stealing, then moments later justifies the way many use P2P,
"So here I was, wanting to buy music to listen to and workout to that day , but I couldn’t...I could have gone to Itunes and [bought a] song, but it doesn’t sit right with me to be limited on how and where I can use music I download.
I realize I could go online and download the song for free, but I won’t do that. That’s stealing. It’s wrong.
That’s not to say I won’t ever download for free. If I had
[1] already owned the CD and just wanted it to play and it was a matter of availability, I definitely would have downloaded it for free.
[2] I will also download music to sample it, but I won’t keep it. I will buy the CD or erase the song." (emphasis/numbering mine)
Sampling and avoiding the hassles of DRM and space-shifting...where was his amicus?
Permalink to Comment2. Neo on April 9, 2005 12:20 PM writes...
It says there are 2 comments but I only see one? (Now 3 and 2 I guess.)
Permalink to Comment