[BC] Re: Downloading wav files

[Xmitters@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/7/07 12:13:42 PM Central Daylight Time, 
broadcast-request at radiolists.net writes:

<< Best bet would be to buy the CD's and rip them to your computer and then you
 can   burn whatever you want.  You'll own the original and you'll be clear wit
h the   laws that cover what you wish to do.  I doubt you'll find online anythi
ng that   will work for you.  Another option would be to contact some of the au
tomation   companies and see if you can send them a hard drive and buy only the
 songs you   want and then burn them from that drive.  You'll have to figure ou
t how to own   them first though as they won't do it unless you own the rights.
  Later  Mike >>


Mike:

I would rather avoid ripping CDs. The last time I did that, it was rather 
time consuming. My preference is to drag my desired wave files to a folder and 
burn them to a CD (properly formatted) without ripping first.

I must admit that I am confused. Why would an automation company do what you 
suggest? How do I prove that I have the rights? What proof do I need?

Seems like the record companies would jump at the chance to serve customers 
like me; charge a small fee per song, let me pick the songs, then they no 
longer have to stamp CDs for distribution. Actual "albums" would be prepackaged
 and 
the consumer could burn to CD, load to iPOD, ect. 

I am NOT looking for a shady, questionable way to do this. I'm simply looking 
for a solution that won't take all bloody day long to do a burn project. 

I have "automation" software that I actually own at home. I don't even use it 
because of the PITA it is to rip from CDs and of which, I have many. Maybe 
the ripping has changed since I last did it.

Jeff Glass
Northern Illinois University

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