Phil Marlowe wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

> I never thought about that aspect of it, these things were sold with 
> the impression that they didn't wear out like vinyl did. Hmm. I 
> wonder how much of what I have on hand here is that old? Probably not 
> much, as I came to these things rather late, and the first drives 
> available when I got mine were 4x...

 PM>   My thought exactly. You mean after all that trouble assembling 
 PM> what I've been thinking of as my final and permanent jazz 
 PM> collection, it's gonna spring a spider's web of cracks and then 
 PM> crumble to dust? Sheesh.

It's funny that in that sense vinyl is _more_ robust than CDs are...

Yeah,  the record companies probably look at this as a way to sell more
stuff.  But once you've bought a copy,  you have the right to enjoy it, 
right?  Good thing it's possible to back stuff up to HD...  But they're
trying to figure out a way to prevent that,  too!  All in the name of
preventing piracy.  Right.

I know a lot of people aren't going to like the idea,  but I'm thinking
lately that the whole concept of intellectual property and how it's handled
is due for a serious overhaul.

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