Music sharing

Post by **Vain** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:34 am

Does anybody share CD's...I'm not talking MP3's and stuff - with people they know?

My hairdresser and I exchange stuff quite frequently - she has some erm acquired tastes but it does broaden my horizons and I end up buying different stuff as a result.

Or am I just old fashioned and MP3/iPod stuff is the way to go?

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:21 am

Considering I'm on dial-up and downloading takes forever, yeah, I still do CD sharing.

And sometimes, the album notes and cover just totally makes the whole experience. Although I find fewer and fewer listeners seem to ever look at the album notes.

Post by **stonemaybe** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:39 am

I've got a group of friends that I regularly go to music festivals with, over the summer, and we tend to get in a frenzy of cd sharing in spring, once the line-ups have been announced.

A friend gave me a Christmas present last year - it's like an old-fashioned library card/stamp system, that you can use with cds that you lend out! I'll try and find details online and post a pic later.

Post by **The Dreaming** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:05 pm

Could you be indicted for illegal file sharing for that? Because I honestly don't see a difference between letting someone borrow a cd (to import to Itunes) and sending them an MP3.

Not that I think it should be! I'm just being cynical. (And I do it all the time myself, I'm a hopeless music snob, so I am always quick to impose my stuff onto everyone)

Post by **sgt.null** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:29 am

i burn mixed cds for people all of the time. just did a group of Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd and White Stripes for someone at work.

Post by **stonemaybe** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 11:45 am

sgt.null wrote:i burn mixed cds for people all of the time. just did a group of Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd and White Stripes for someone at work.

I try to do this every Christmas for those people who deserve more than a card!

Post by **High Lord Tolkien** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:21 pm

The Dreaming wrote:Could you be indicted for illegal file sharing for that? Because I honestly don't see a difference between letting someone borrow a cd (to import to Itunes) and sending them an MP3.

I think according to the law even that is illegal.

Post by **sgt.null** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 6:18 am

Stonemaybe wrote:
sgt.null wrote:i burn mixed cds for people all of the time. just did a group of Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd and White Stripes for someone at work.
I try to do this every Christmas for those people who deserve more than a card!

i like that idea. but i always hate when people tell me they listen to "anything." most people will not listen to just anything. me, i do like a bit of everything. from ganster rap to bluegrass to klezmer to all points between.

Post by **stonemaybe** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 12:14 pm

Perhaps we should start another thread? 'How to burn the perfect mix cd'.

Post by **amanibhavam** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 7:57 pm

I got my nice collection of Pink Floyd concert recordings and other bootlegs like that... we called it "weeding"; one person on the mailing list just started the thread, made 5 copies and sent it out all over the world to people, for free, with the only obligation to perpetuate the weed. Ah, nice days... nowadays it's just easier to leech them from a torrent, even in SHN or FLAC it is no problem with the broadband connections we can have.
But it was fun and excitement to wait for the CDs to arrive in your post, and then listen to them for the first time.

Post by **onewyteduck** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 7:37 am

I used to. Once upon a time. When I knew and was around people who had decent taste in music.

Post by **stonemaybe** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 11:56 am

onewyteduck wrote:I used to. Once upon a time. When I knew and was around people who had decent taste in music.

But that's exactly HOW you get the people around you to have a decent taste in music - lend them/burn them your favourite cds and hassle them to listen to them !

Post by **sgt.null** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:45 am

stone: we should compare and trade.

Post by **emotional leper** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 10:32 am

High Lord Tolkien wrote:
The Dreaming wrote:Could you be indicted for illegal file sharing for that? Because I honestly don't see a difference between letting someone borrow a cd (to import to Itunes) and sending them an MP3.

I think according to the law even that is illegal.

Exchanging the physical medium (swapping CDs) is not illegal. Copying a swapped CD is murky. Until you give the CD back, provided the person who gave it to you hasn't ripped it, all's fine. But when you give the CD back, if you have ripped/copied it, you're engaging in copyright infringement.

Post by **onewyteduck** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:52 am

Stonemaybe wrote:
onewyteduck wrote:I used to. Once upon a time. When I knew and was around people who had decent taste in music.
But that's exactly HOW you get the people around you to have a decent taste in music - lend them/burn them your favourite cds and hassle them to listen to them !

Believe me I've tried. It was totally hopeless!

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