Comments on: SF Chronicle: Why Buy CDs?

By: Pooh

Pooh — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 20:54:58 +0000

In full snark mode, given the state of popular music these days, was there a good reason to buy a CD in the first place?

By: Stacia

Stacia — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 21:52:49 +0000

What about album art? I bought Neil Diamond’s “12 Songs” off iTunes since it was no longer in stores. It came with a four-page PDF. I thought that was all right, but is this the future of album art? I still love real album packaging–but it needs to be tactile–not just a PDF. I think we will lose a lot if we lose good album packaging. I hate the idea of music not coming in a tangible format.

By: Joe Gratz

Joe Gratz — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 06:16:45 +0000

That is depressing, since the current ways of “not owning” music depend on restrictive DRM. Having a 5GB portable player that stopped playing mid-road trip because it needed to sync with my home computer to get new license files was the last straw for me. Anything would have been better, even a rootkit.

By: Seth Schoen

Seth Schoen — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 06:07:25 +0000

The author says that “Owning music is so last century”, which is a little bit depressing. CDs are nice because, if you access them from a machine that doesn’t do autorun, you get a lawful way to own music in the digital format of your choice.