Re: [ARSCLIST] Editorial on Radio Broadcast Copyrights

[Mike Richter <mrichter@xxxxxxx>]

Frank Strauss wrote:

> Do you think that today's music consumer might hear the music on the air and
> then find a way to get the music without paying, or pay for it in a way that
> would deny money making it to the artist/record producer?

People are inspired to acquire a recording by many factors; surely, some 
buying is prompted by airplay (audio or video). Once the decision is 
made to acquire, the mode depends on many things including opportunity 
and importance of audio quality. For example, I am offering selections 
from three stereo recordings at my WWW site this week - all in low-rate 
monaural. I believe most of my visitors will be satisfied by that 
selection and that quality; if someone wants to get more of either, he 
will have a slight problem: forty-year-old LPs of limited interest even 
when new do not often show up even on eBay.

Note that one factor in the difference between classical and other 
genres is that in many cases audio quality is essential to enjoyment. 
Even a well-digitized Bruckner symphony can easily obscure details in 
the inner voices. FM broadcast at best gives general guidance with its 
limited dynamic and frequency ranges.

Mike
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