[mythtv-users] A prediction is coming true, faster than I thought

[Tom Dexter]

>From: David Brodbeck
>
>On Jul 18, 2007, at 1:24 PM, Tom Dexter wrote:
>
> >> From: David Brodbeck
> >>
> >> On Jul 18, 2007, at 7:28 AM, Tom Dexter wrote:
> >>> Ironically, the record industry has done a great job of creating a
> >>> situation where one can get a better quality product illegally.
> >>
> >> Eh?  Last time I tried one of the illegal file sharing networks, it
> >> was full of badly-encoded 128 kbps MP3s.  Finding anything at a
> >> decent bitrate (I consider 160 kbps the bare minimum) was just about
> >> impossible.
> >>
> >
> > That may well be...I don't use them.  For myself I rip from CDs and
> > encode
> > with lame using "-abr 192".
>
>Ah.  It was your reference to illegality that confused me. I don't
>consider making a copy of a CD I own, for my own use, to be illegal.
>

Actually, you were correct...I was making the point that illegal downloads 
aren't encumberred by DRM.  I don't concider ripping my own CDs to be an 
issue either, even if the RIAA doesn't concider that fair use.

Tom

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