mrinsuperable
11-02-2003, 11:37 PM
How's this for a solution?
There could be restrictions imposed to say that the only music that is legally shareable would be that of a lower bitrate, i.e. 96kbps. This way, us sharers would still be able to swap music legally, but we'd have to buy a CD if we wanted the higher quality stuff, and the record companies would profit off of that.
Of course, there would probably still be underground sharing of higher-quality music for those of you who *crave* 192kbps, but it'd be nice to have some way to exchange this stuff and still be in the clear legally.
Any thoughts?
There could be restrictions imposed to say that the only music that is legally shareable would be that of a lower bitrate, i.e. 96kbps. This way, us sharers would still be able to swap music legally, but we'd have to buy a CD if we wanted the higher quality stuff, and the record companies would profit off of that.
Of course, there would probably still be underground sharing of higher-quality music for those of you who *crave* 192kbps, but it'd be nice to have some way to exchange this stuff and still be in the clear legally.
Any thoughts?