Cloud players e.g Amazon Cloud Player

[teamsaint]

One benefit to me of the Amazon Cloud player is that I now have access to listen to and download the many CDs which I've bought as gifts for other people

Don't you rip them anyway?Most people do!

[Beef Oven]

Don't you rip them anyway?Most people do!

Assorted ts cheapskate anecdotes #47!

Honestly ts, you are incorrigible!

[teamsaint]

Assorted ts cheapskate anecdotes #47!

Honestly ts, you are incorrigible!

but honest.

(just bought a recommended "Ring" for under a tenner.) NEW !!

[Beef Oven]

but honest.

(just bought a recommended "Ring" for under a tenner.) NEW !!

Which one?

[teamsaint]

Which one?

Neuhold. BS

.Roehre bought in superdrug and says its good.

Edit...I was tempted to say "Wagner".

[Beef Oven]

Neuhold. BS

.Roehre bought in superdrug and says its good.

Edit...I was tempted to say "Wagner".

I bought that a few years back. It's rather good!

I bought mine in KFC

[BWV 988]

Their 'Autorip' facility means as soon as you buy a CD from Amazon, an e-copy is downloaded to you ahead of your CD's arrival in the post. Additionally, this applies to all your previous purchases. Pretty neat!

I read on Amazon that it apparently will back date it's self to all current "Autorip" CDs purchased since 1999. I can't tell you if this is true or not and I'm far too tired to look for the post.

I'm against downloads as I think the move away from physical media is dangerous. One day it's there the next it could be wiped from the history books. Of course this is unlikely to happen today but in 50 years time if there isn't a replacement physical format I think it very well could. :(

[Beef Oven]

I read on Amazon that it apparently will back date it's self to all current "Autorip" CDs purchased since 1999. I can't tell you if this is true or not and I'm far too tired to look for the post.

I'm against downloads as I think the move away from physical media is dangerous. One day it's there the next it could be wiped from the history books. Of course this is unlikely to happen today but in 50 years time if there isn't a replacement physical format I think it very well could. :(

Yes, it picks up previous purchases.

And yes, e-music could be wiped. It's a risk worth taking though in my opinion because the likelihood is low (even though the impact is disastrous). Plenty of mitigation of the risk is possible too.

[teamsaint]

I read on Amazon that it apparently will back date it's self to all current "Autorip" CDs purchased since 1999. I can't tell you if this is true or not and I'm far too tired to look for the post.

I'm against downloads as I think the move away from physical media is dangerous. One day it's there the next it could be wiped from the history books. Of course this is unlikely to happen today but in 50 years time if there isn't a replacement physical format I think it very well could. :(

I think all moves away from physical media carry danger.
Wrong fingers on buttons etc.......

[teamsaint]

Just checked all my newly added to cloud CD purchases from the past , and there is one that I certainly didn't purchase.

Odd.

Edit: Checked it on my order history and definitely doesn't show.

So now I can enjoy RVW's Old King Cole ballet suite for free.

[Beef Oven]

Just checked all my newly added to cloud CD purchases from the past , and there is one that I certainly didn't purchase.

Odd.

Sssshh! They'll ask you to upload it back to them!

[teamsaint]

Sssshh! They'll ask you to upload it back to them!

with my tech skills ?!

[Paul Campbell]

One anomaly that Auto-Rip throws up occurs in the not infrequent case of a cd being cheaper than the equivalent download. Last week I decided to purchase Gloriana on mp3. From memory it was around £11.99. Instead I purchased the cd for around a tenner complete with free download. In other words, £2 cheaper and a free cd

[Beef Oven]

One anomaly that Auto-Rip throws up occurs in the not infrequent case of a cd being cheaper than the equivalent download. Last week I decided to purchase Gloriana on mp3. From memory it was around £11.99. Instead I purchased the cd for around a tenner complete with free download. In other words, £2 cheaper and a free cd

I like it! Very clever!

[richardfinegold]

OK if you want all this stuff on your computer - I only download occasionally, stuff which is much more expensive or unavailable on CD and with these burn to disc asap. Why do Amazon make the assumption we are all downloading fanatics?

It's not on the computer. It's on the cloud. It doesn't eat up hard drive. Thats the point.