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Originally Posted by pramjockey
Well, technically, the song does physically exist as a pattern of electrons on a platter in a hard drive. It exists in the same way that it does on a CD as a pattern of indentations on a layer of aluminum.
IIRC, albums were 7 or 8 bucks when I was buying them.
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That is a little misleading. The data is stored magnetically on the platter. It's not just a pattern of electrons.
And it doesn't matter, because it's not what I'm paying for when I download music.
I used to paint quite a bit, and sold many of my paintings on Ebay. Do you think I could have charged as much if all I was selling was a digital picture of my painting? It would be more or less worthless in that form, even though the painting is accurately represented. Even a print has to exist physically to be worth something. So I guess that's what my problem is with digital music. It feels like quite a rip off to pay for something only to be given the privelage to view or hear it.