Any news on future release of OS4 netbook or on Natami?

[Nlandas]

It does sort of amuse me that you can buy portable MP3 players and phones with 16+ GB of storage, while they claim to totally be against music piracy.

Because everyone I know is going to fill that storage space up at 1 dollar per song, real soon now.

But they are really totally against piracy.

Really? I legally own over 60GBs of MP3 files but I wasn't dumb enough to buy them from someone like Apple at $1 a song. Of course I didn't even buy them as MP3s. I bought the original audio CDs and ripped them to FLAC for lossless storage and convert them to MP3 as needed. ;^D

[Nlandas]

But most people don't have 1000's of cds in their collection (If they say they do they are lying).

I would also like to point out that when you "buy" songs from itunes you don't actually own the songs you simply receive a licence. Bruce Willis is suing Apple because he spent thousands building up his collection and is not allowed to give his collection to someone else.

Define 'most people' and most new devices with 16GB+ of storage aren't only storing MP3s either. In my circle of friends I have several that legally own over a thousand LPs, Tapes, and CDs.

 The days of a dedicated MP3 player aren't gone but most people are buying Smart devices that play movies too. Put a few legally owned movies on the device, photos, recorded video and MP3s and 16GB isn't that big. That's why I stream much of my content to my puny 16GB devices. ;^D

-Nyle

[Nlandas]

Where I work, we employ mostly younger people. I'd be highly surprised to find many 19 to 21 year olds owning even 10 CD's nowadays.

That is true. The Music industry has had a huge decline as digital has come along.

    It's easy for some(not you.) to point all the fault at piracy but when I was a kid I had the ability to copy any record or tape but I still bought the majority of my music. Yes, it is easier to get copies today but still I think a large part of why many do not buy the music is because the industry refuses to change with the times. They had the chance to embrace digital and lower distribution costs and pass that on to the consumer but chose not to.

   As it stands, IMNSHO the cost of a MP3 album or individual tracks are far too high for many people. I think the industry would see a Renaissance of sales if they'd stop putting out so much cookie cutter music and lower the price on their digital media.

   The movie industry needs to do the same thing - exclusive pay per view rentals have made them fat and lazy. The new generation wants it's media streamed over the Internet and typically wants some form of unlimited streaming package instead of $3.00 per movie view.

The excuse for high price is always piracy and the high price always causes more to pirate. So where is the solution?


-Nyle