How do I copy/burn mp3 music from my PC onto CDs

lucylucky

The_Grandmaster wrote: »

If you can't copy a CD, surely that defeats the objective of the mp3 player market...

No - you can download mp3s so no need for CDs at all

Are you sure there's no other ammendments in the law?
I find it hard to believe that apple would 'allow' people to rip CDs in itunes especially considering their previous strong beliefs in the DRM protected music, if it really was against the law. Also, Sony for instance are a music label, sell their own mp3 player and their sony programme allows rippinng of music too.

Remember - "Home taping is killing music";)

spike7451

lucylucky wrote: »

Remember - "Home taping is killing music";)

Got news for you...music died off a long long time ago!!!

The_Grandmaster

lucylucky wrote: »

Remember - "Home taping is killing music";)

Don't remember that phrase - I'm technically not from the tape generation!

tbourner

Tape! !!!!!! is a tape!!

usignuolo

Sometimes you know I think the music business is its own worst enemy. I do not have any illegal digital tracks, all are purchased online or uploaded from CDs I own.

When however I want to copy any of that material onto an MP3 player then problems arise. For example, not really paying attention I purchased some digital tracks from Napster, which came over in wma format.

It seems to listen to these on an MP3 player which I own, I am expected to pay again for an MP3 version? Hello music business you suck.

Of course there are ways round this, but it would make much more sense to allow people who buy digital music legitimately to allow them to play it on any of the digital devices they might happen to own.

esuhl

usignuolo wrote: »

I do not have any illegal digital tracks, all are purchased online or uploaded from CDs I own.

If you're in the UK, all the tracks you have "uploaded" from CDs you own are illegal. You are a criminal. Sorry. I don't make the rules.

The_Grandmaster wrote: »

Are you sure there's no other ammendments in the law?
I find it hard to believe that apple would 'allow' people to rip CDs in itunes especially considering their previous strong beliefs in the DRM protected music, if it really was against the law. Also, Sony for instance are a music label, sell their own mp3 player and their sony programme allows rippinng of music too.

I'm pretty sure no ammendments have been made yet. They keep saying that it's on the cards... any day now... (as it has been for the last few years).

Apple (and any commercial organisation) do NOT have strong views regarding anything except their bottom line. How often to big businesses flout the law (e.g. Google, Microsoft, etc.)? If the potential profit is greater than the potential risk, they will buy into it no matter how illegal it is. I doubt Apple would be sued for facilitating piracy so it's no big deal to them and they can sell more iPods by implying that it's okay to rip CDs. Anyway, Apple supply iPlayer to many different territories - it's perfectly legal to rip CDs in many of them.

The Music Business Group want to charge Apple a "tax" on every iPod sold because, they say, 90% of music on iPods has been illegally copied:

http://www.itpro.co.uk/blogs-archive/markt/2008/04/17/cd-ripping-rip-off/

weegie.geek

usignuolo wrote: »

I purchased some digital tracks from Napster, which came over in wma format.

It seems to listen to these on an MP3 player which I own, I am expected to pay again for an MP3 version? Hello music business you suck.

Of course there are ways round this, but it would make much more sense to allow people who buy digital music legitimately to allow them to play it on any of the digital devices they might happen to own.

The problem isn't at Napster's end here, it's with your player not supporting WMA (with DRM?) and you therefore buying the wrong format.

WMA has pretty ropey support on portables anyway, more so if it's DRM'd. More or less everything will play MP3. Boycott places that sell DRM'd tracks.

esuhl

weegie.geek wrote: »

WMA has pretty ropey support on portables anyway, more so if it's DRM'd.

I guess this is because it's a proprietry codec so portable media player manufacturers would presumably need to pay Microsoft to support WMA.

Whatever the reason, it's a shame because WMA files sound much better than MP3 files of the same size. WMA variable bit-rate is even better still.

weegie.geek

I think the DRM part is the bigger problem though, there are at least players that will play WMA. How many will touch DRM?

I wouldn't say WMA sounds much better. VBR mp3 encoded using a decent player sounds fine in V0, even V2. It's not as efficient a codec as WMA, but then WMA has compatibility issues. Sticking to MP3 you might sacrifice a little space or quality, but no matter what player you buy in future, it'll support MP3. The same can't be said for WMA. If size and quality were all that mattered we'd be buying the few players that support ogg vorbis or one of the other minority (but technically better) codecs.

weegie.geek

I think the DRM part is the bigger problem though, there are at least players that will play WMA. How many will touch DRM?

I wouldn't say WMA sounds much better. VBR mp3 encoded using a decent player sounds fine in V0, even V2. It's not as efficient a codec as WMA, but then WMA has compatibility issues. Sticking to MP3 you might sacrifice a little space or quality, but no matter what player you buy in future, it'll support MP3. The same can't be said for WMA. If size and quality were all that mattered we'd be buying the few players that support ogg vorbis or one of the other minority (but technically better) codecs.