http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Tue, 2 Dec 2003 19:05:01 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/12/01/195050.php#comment-31110 BTW, a technicality here, but Best Buy doesn't have its own system, it uses the listen.com Rhapsody system like others do, so the quoted article has one slight error. 31110@blogcritics.org Tue, 2 Dec 2003 19:05:01 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/12/01/195050.php#comment-31109 I was subscribing to both Napster and Rhapsody but just cancelled Napster. I have written here before, but the rent system for having the huge library of music on an external server is well worth 10 bones a month. 31109@blogcritics.org Tue, 2 Dec 2003 19:03:29 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/12/01/195050.php#comment-31066 I persoanlly would be interested in the "renting" service from the volume angle. If the monthly service charge is reasonable, then if could be a great deal to get thousands of songs on a month to month basis. I could "buy" the ones I want most via CD (most likely) or digitally. But I really want that package and the artwork and the liner notes, etc. The all you can eat renting system, as long as you can move the songs around and the selection keeps growing as they say it will, would seem to answer a lot of the digital issues for me: price per unit, portablility, high quality, selection. I get my faves in hardcopy to ge tthe artwork, etc. 31066@blogcritics.org Tue, 2 Dec 2003 15:54:11 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/12/01/195050.php#comment-31054 He's certainly right about spending $10k filling up your digital jukebox. Personally, though, I don't want to rent music. I might pay for a streaming on demand service, and I already pay to download permanent copies. The only important remaining variables are price, followed by the ability to download artwork and liner notes. 31054@blogcritics.org Tue, 2 Dec 2003 14:38:24 EST