Since we're all looking at the eventual retirement of these sorts of mediums, a simple download code for the native uncompressed file in perhaps PDF form would be ideal. Then we can print our own if we were ever fanatics about this ordeal of display. No need to stop at 12" x 12" by this hope.
But certainly illegal, at least here, and I would think anywhere that copyright is a legal entity.
In my town we had local 'specialty' record stores, mostly catering to specific interests. Jazz, R&B or black music (mostly 45s), etc. I guess it's the only way they could make $$. Going after the small market big chains neglected.
One of the big record execs, I don't recall who, was totally against CDs. He was said to have asked, "Why would we give away our masters?" which was essentially what a CD was. However, with 'remasters' (it seems like every couple of years there's a Pet Sounds re-re-re master) and special sets, I don't think any record company exec is starving due to lack of sales. With streaming subscriptions, where one is essentially 'renting' access to the music, it's come full circle. I don't have a streaming account, but I presume one can copy the stream and store it if one is interested in doing that? My guess is that most people don't bother.
I don't know how much copyright laws are enforced in the UK, but all the used record shops I've known sold promo copies, usually festooned with a legal notice [essentially saying 'not for sale']. And I've been witness to this for something like 45 years.
It's doable alright. Compared to the bad old days of mix tapes on cassettes, derived from LPs or even other cassettes, there's nothing to it. But, of course, this goes full circle to issues of hoarding/collecting.
I don't either, probably not at all, but once you sella CD you no longer have the right to keep a copy.
I suspect it's only a matter of time before I get one of those LG phones that sound good. My Moto? Don't have enough gain, my Kindle Fire, same thing. Compared to the bad old days of very heavily compressed streams it's still an improvement as regards sonics. I'm out of the collection game, no room or desire to hang on to packaging for storage. But a phone that sounds as good as my Fiio players is on my "to do" list.
What it sez on the promo package is that you don't have the right to sell that copy.
An unenforceable stricture. Has to be in place to prevent someone from setting up a business reselling files. Short of some sort of on-line activation as with PC software, I don't see how it could be enforced. Maybe file sharing is popular among kids. It would surprise me if adults engage in it much, but who knows? I have never shared a music file. Maybe if I had some friends it might be different.
Kids, for the most part, just stream. Older luddites hooked on physical formats might want a long oop disc on a CD. And there's loads of out of print discs that no one bothers to claim rights to.An unenforceable stricture. Has to be in place to prevent someone from setting up a business reselling files. Short of some sort of on-line activation as with PC software, I don't see how it could be enforced. Maybe file sharing is popular among kids. It would surprise me if adults engage in it much, but who knows? I have never shared a music file. Maybe if I had some friends it might be different.
An unenforceable stricture. Has to be in place to prevent someone from setting up a business reselling files. Short of some sort of on-line activation as with PC software, I don't see how it could be enforced. Maybe file sharing is popular among kids. It would surprise me if adults engage in it much, but who knows? I have never shared a music file. Maybe if I had some friends it might be different.
I was an early adopter of file based music, or at least ripped CDs so i could listen whilst travelling. I gave up and went back to LPs and CDs when I retired in 2009, mainly because of the completely shite file tagging standards and my extreme lazyness about re-tagging every rip sensibly (for me)
I guess anyone with a steady job and living independently. Not a student. In all my time working, I don't ever recall copying a CD and giving it away--maybe loaning an original out. I did that a few times. Not exactly sure I got them back. LOL
