Comments on: Bad Business: Screw The Customer http://braindump.chuckbrown.com/a-principled-path/bad-business-screwing-over-your-best-customers/ The joy is in sharing the discovery. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:56:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Chuck http://braindump.chuckbrown.com/a-principled-path/bad-business-screwing-over-your-best-customers/#comment-686 Chuck Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:53:18 +0000 http://braindump.chuckbrown.com/?p=54#comment-686 Sorry to say...you're right, Karen. I don't think 128kbps is good enough for critical listening. I use 192 for all my stuff and I'm happy with that. I don't think 320 is required...it takes pretty discriminating ears to hear the difference between many of these stages. iTunes has been offering high-quality download options as they are able to get permission from the labels, but I think it only affects maybe a quarter of the stuff they sell. In my view, none of this justifies theft...but I often think the record companies must be run by complete idiots. Sorry to say…you’re right, Karen. I don’t think 128kbps is good enough for critical listening. I use 192 for all my stuff and I’m happy with that. I don’t think 320 is required…it takes pretty discriminating ears to hear the difference between many of these stages.

iTunes has been offering high-quality download options as they are able to get permission from the labels, but I think it only affects maybe a quarter of the stuff they sell.

In my view, none of this justifies theft…but I often think the record companies must be run by complete idiots.

]]> By: Karen http://braindump.chuckbrown.com/a-principled-path/bad-business-screwing-over-your-best-customers/#comment-685 Karen Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:49:16 +0000 http://braindump.chuckbrown.com/?p=54#comment-685 Well, here's another reason people download illegally - the quality on a lot of the legal sites, especially iTunes, is crap. Complete and utter garbage. Whereas you can get a really good copy that someone has uploaded on a filesharing site. Well, here’s another reason people download illegally - the quality on a lot of the legal sites, especially iTunes, is crap. Complete and utter garbage. Whereas you can get a really good copy that someone has uploaded on a filesharing site.

]]> By: Larry @ Commercial Lighting http://braindump.chuckbrown.com/a-principled-path/bad-business-screwing-over-your-best-customers/#comment-646 Larry @ Commercial Lighting Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:08:10 +0000 http://braindump.chuckbrown.com/?p=54#comment-646 The only positive I have seen from file sharing is that it has forced many bands to go on more concert tours. While I agree with you that it is theft, I do enjoy the over abundance of concerts to go to. The only positive I have seen from file sharing is that it has forced many bands to go on more concert tours. While I agree with you that it is theft, I do enjoy the over abundance of concerts to go to.

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