Justin Dawkins

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  Justin 9:38 pm on December 14, 2004 Permalink | Reply  

  Why didn't I think of that! 

  ARGH… another non-imaginative idea that is going to pay off big. here is a recent conversation I had with my business partner over an instant messenger.

  * please note this was my initial opinion before really reading the process and how they protect artist.

  Jdot: http://www.ripdigital.com/
  Jdot: why didn’t I think of that
  Chris: why would you?
  Chris: oh
  Chris: now that I see the site I understand
  Jdot: they are doing nothing but ripping YOUR own music off of YOUR CDS and to make it worst they probably have a huge catalog and all they have to do is see the CDs you have and drop the files in… and if they don’t have it they rip it and add it to the database
  Jdot: damn it why didn’t I think of that argh
  Jdot: it’s so stupid (perfect)
  Chris: lol

  Now I am all for getting paid for making things easier for people but my goodness they have no overhead except for a few desktop computers (don’t know how many) and the software to do it (which you can download for free). They probably have a variable cost of 5 bucks for every 50 cds and that’s it… WOW if I would have known this 4 years ago when I started ripping CDs and putting my music catalog together on my computer I would be sitting on an island somewhere reading some guys blog about my CD ripping company and laughing at all of the people who mail a few hundred CDs and I simply mail them back.

  Great work guys… GREAT
  PS sorry if I seem a little hostile (great idea)
  also I commend you on the digital watermarking, because I respect music also and would hope that no one steals music.
  Oh and not to mention the margin these guys are getting on USB drives AWESOME

  anyway getting depressed add more later

  Great review by Gizmodo click here

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    GutterJim 7:44 am on December 15, 2004 Permalink | Reply

    I saw another sevice similar to this in which the company would put your albums on dvd.

    This business won’t last too long. People always look for ways around things. People also love D.I.Y. stuff too.

    P.S. Support the artists you listen to and enjoy.

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  Justin 10:30 am on December 14, 2004 Permalink | Reply  

  Be sure to protect yourself against the FIRE 

  No but seriously there are a couple of things that you may want to know about Firefox as you go head first into the Fire.

  First – The first thing is that the code is open source and if you didn’t already know or realize this leaves development open to anyone. Hackers and programmers just love this stuff because it gives them an “open” look at how the application works without having to pick apart the whole thing. Just be aware that with open source software developers will try to find ways to use it to make money; hackers will steal, ad developers will find ways to put spyware on your computer and so on.

  Secondly – there are still bugs to be worked out and believe it or not as “flawless” as it may seem there are still Millions of web pages that don’t load correctly and won’t as the development of Firefox goes more forward than backward. Not don’t get it twisted, some people haven’t seen these flaws but as they browse they will. Also let’s not forget that Firefox is a baby and how fragile it is. I personally am having some problems with some script while writing, which works fine in IE. All I am saying is just be aware that YOU WILL run into some problems, and be prepared.
  (For instance I can’t log into some email clients such as my Bellsouth account because of the way Firefox interprets the scripts received from the Bellsouth Mail server)

  All in all this is not a bashing for Firefox please believe I support it 100% I mean just look at my site, (Mozilla all the way) just be careful as we know not what is to come. Personally I wear protective gear all the time.

  PEACE