From Chris Fahey Sent Fri, Dec 5th 1997, 00:26
From Chris Fahey Sent Fri, Dec 5th 1997, 00:26
Actually, perhaps instead of distributing music over the internet through time-consuming and piracy-vulnerable mp3 downloads, companies could charge $25 a pop for people ordering custom CD's burned for them. Imagine this: A web site where "X-Label" (let's say) allows users to enter in a credit card number and assemble a short list of songs from the X-Label back catalog they want put on a custom mix cd. The X-Label HQ has a server with their entire catalog on it as mp3 files and one of those large CD-ROM burners which holds 50 blank disks in a stack for small-scale mass production. When the user has finished entering their info, the CD is automatically burned and the customer's address is printed on a sticker. A pile of CDs and stickers accumulates each day. This pile is sorted out by some flunky every morning who puts the CDs into packages, puts the stickers on them, and mails them off to the customer. This would be cool... for the label that is, not for us pirates;) -CF