Subj : CD->MP3 project
To   : Bob Roberts
From : August Abolins
Date : Tue Jan 05 2021 16:35:00

Hello Bob!

** On Tuesday 05.01.21 - 09:52, Bob Roberts wrote to August Abolins:

 BR> I do agree with you.  I think streaming is the way to go.  However the
 BR> one drawback is that the licensing agreements are always changing.  I
 BR> listen to a lot of obscure indie electronic acts, and sometimes their
 BR> catalogs disappear from streaming... but usually they come back.
 BR> Recently a band I really like "Made In Heights" disappeared from all
 BR> streaming platforms because of a dispute between the band members who
 BR> didn't sign the new contract in time for renewal.  One of the band
 BR> members released all the music in MP3 and posted it online -- so I was
 BR> able to retrieve it.  However that won't always be the case.

That got me curious. I found a download link for Made In Heights  
at mediafire.  I have to check out your interest!  ;)

I've only once encountered a sudden pull-out at Spotify.  The  
listing remained, but the actual link was dead/darkened.  I was  
really interested to hear the Andreas Vollenweider & Friends  
recording.  Today, the entire listing is gone - won't come up in  
the searches - but my "pick" in Favourites and in a playlist  
remain.


 BR> I'm not sure if there are still any major holdouts for streaming.  For
 BR> awhile it was Led Zeppelin, Prince, the Beatles, Tool, and Taylor Swift
 BR> but they are all streaming now.

I remember some fuss from the holdouts.  From Swift I recall that  
she was demanding a bigger cut, or something like that.

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  ../|ug

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