I've just sold 3000 CDs - and i don't care!!

[Pieoftheday]

Reminds me of the early 80s when we were told home taping is killing music, so djs would talk all over a track so you wouldnt want to tape it, i didnt even want to listen to the radio show and turned off

[Chunky70]

This is something that never crossed my mind. I've never downloaded anything illegal in my life and the cd's were bought by me. How can they make the distinction between the cd and the flac rip when i've already paid for it?

[Pieoftheday]

This is something that never crossed my mind. I've never downloaded anything illegal in my life and the cd's were bought by me. How can they make the distinction between the cd and the flac rip when i've already paid for it?

I would guess if you kept the cds not much could be done, proof of ownership. Has there ever been a case in court? Id be suprised but the world is bonkers these days

[Sherwood]

This is something that never crossed my mind. I've never downloaded anything illegal in my life and the cd's were bought by me. How can they make the distinction between the cd and the flac rip when i've already paid for it?

I think the main issue is that having sold the cds so are playing files that you no longer "own".

Geoff

[montesquieu]

Back it up twice...!

Yes, and with a backup product that will check and correct for bit rot. You know how some digital photos start to disappear in patches? That also happens to digital files unless held on optical media or otherwise maintained actively and carefully. A straight copy - even two straight copies - to hard drives still carries quite a lot of risk.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_degradation

https://www.blisshq.com/music-librar...at-is-bit-rot/

(BTW there seems to be a misunderstanding around of what 'bit rot' is, in a recent Guardian article they seemed to think it means obsolescence due to evolution and replacement of file formats. I would argue that's another problem entirely).

[Yomanze]

I would recommend some cloud storage.

[Lawrence001]

Yes, and with a backup product that will check and correct for bit rot. You know how some digital photos start to disappear in patches? That also happens to digital files unless held on optical media or otherwise maintained actively and carefully. A straight copy - even two straight copies - to hard drives still carries quite a lot of risk.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_degradation

https://www.blisshq.com/music-librar...at-is-bit-rot/

(BTW there seems to be a misunderstanding around of what 'bit rot' is, in a recent Guardian article they seemed to think it means obsolescence due to evolution and replacement of file formats. I would argue that's another problem entirely).

Trust the Guardian, how could file type redundancy mean you lose a few bits, surely the file is either complete and useable or completely lost that way?

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[struth]

Ive a few had copies mostly made at time of ripping My back up to that is retaining the cds which I still play.
Never considered cloud storage for this amount. Might be pricey

Although the ones I bought on Amazon do have MP3 cloud storage

[Sherwood]

Regarding storage, I recently bought a second WD Easystore drive in the USA. This one is 8tb and very user friendly.

I think cloud storage is fine if you only have a few hundred cds. Above that, I think multiple back-ups are the way forward. The price of hard drives is so low that this is now affordable.

Geoff

[Primalsea]

Im still in the mindset of owning the Cds even though I have the files on the NAS drive. One day they will be fashionable again, like vinyl . I have my NAS set to Raid 1 so I have 2 discs that are mirrored. If one goes down it can be replaced and the other disc automatically copies itself to the new one. Not a foolproof backup, but still quite reliable.