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Originally Posted by pramjockey
Interesting. They're both digital code on a medium. The main difference is what the medium is. I'd submit that it's a lack of knowledge on your part.
(not trying to insult you)
I think, based on inflation, CDs are similar in price to records (I remember the 70s and 80s.
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But the difference between a CD and a file on my hard drive is... the file on my hard drive costs nothing to reproduce. They both are digital information on a medium, but in the case of a file on my hard drive, that medium was already mine. If I buy a song online, I'm providing the medium to store the song. So what have I paid for? Nothing more than the privelage to hear a song, and that doesn't phsyically exist. Then you take it upon yourself to preserve the data, and all kinds of problems arise from that.
How much did you pay for vinyl records in the 80's?