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CEA Survey: Consumers Want Free Content Online
Stereophile Staff  |  Feb 25, 2001  |  0 comments
The Consumer Electronics Association has at last quantified common knowledge: An overwhelming majority of Internet users download news stories, product information, pictures, graphics, audio files, and video clips—all for free. Furthermore, Internet users want and expect to continue getting all this content at no cost, and they are opposed to any kind of governmental regulation or interference that will prevent their doing so.
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Sony, Universal Reveal Online Music Plans
Barry Willis  |  Feb 25, 2001  |  0 comments
Will music fans willingly pay for what they've been getting free? With the shuttering of free music site Napster a strong probability, two giants of the music industry are moving forward with plans to roll out a subscriber-based online music distribution plan.
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Budget Component ReviewsDigital Processor Reviews
Monarchy Audio Digital Interface Processor 24/96
Sam Tellig  |  Feb 22, 2001  |  0 comments
Sorry to empty your wallet this month, but here's a must-have if you want to get the most from your upsampling MSB Link DAC III: Monarchy Audio's Digital Interface Processor 24/96 (DIP for short).
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Records To Die For
2001 Records to Die For
Stereophile Staff  |  Feb 20, 2001  |  0 comments
Many years ago, I awoke one Saturday morning to find my girlfriend, with whom I'd had a knock-down, drag-out fight the night before, out on the street in front of our house having an impromptu yard sale. The sale featured my record collection. We broke up. I still have the records.
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Have you ever destroyed a piece of audio equipment? How did you do it?
Stereophile Staff  |  Feb 18, 2001  |  144 comments

Audio equipment tragedies do happen, whether the result of loud music, butter fingers, or the family pet. Have you been the cause

Have you ever destroyed a piece of audio equipment? How did you do it?
Yes, here's how
56% (111 votes)
Almost
9% (17 votes)
Never
35% (69 votes)
Total votes: 197
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The Other Side of the Napster Ruling
Jon Iverson  |  Feb 18, 2001  |  0 comments
Napster has been taking its share of hits this past week from the music industry and the RIAA as a result of the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling last Monday that will likely pave the way for shutting down the file-sharing service. In its findings, the Court states that "Napster users who upload file names to the search index for others to copy violate plaintiffs' distribution rights. Napster users who download files containing copyrighted music violate plaintiffs' reproduction rights."
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Prediction: Satellite Radio Will Be Huge
Stereophile Staff  |  Feb 18, 2001  |  0 comments
Satellite radio may become one of the most successful communications formats ever launched, according to predictions from market research and analysis company The Yankee Group. A new report suggests that satellite radio will take off the way cable TV did back in the 1970s; the result may create permanent changes in the radio industry.
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Added to the Archives This Week
Stereophile Staff  |  Feb 18, 2001  |  0 comments
John Atkinson asked "What's that noise?" He wasn't referring to the piano that Robert Silverman was playing for Stereophile's recording, Concert, but rather to the sound of candy wrappers in the concert hall. The recording survived the crackling ordeal, but the lady with the wrapper did not. JA relates the entire story, and also serves up additional details about the making of the double CD set.
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Etown Pulls the Plug; Workers Locked Out
Barry Willis  |  Feb 18, 2001  |  0 comments
Consumer electronics site Etown has become the latest victim of the dot-com bust, dismissing its entire workforce of approximately 100 people in New York and San Francisco. The company had run out of money, according to chief executive Robert Heiblim. Etown, operated by Collaborative Media, Inc., has transferred its remaining assets to electronics retailer Best Buy, Inc. of Minneapolis, a major investor. The site was still active as of Sunday, February 18; whether Best Buy will simply shut it down or use it as a sales organ isn't known at present.
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European Parliament Approves Strong Anti-Piracy Law
Stereophile Staff  |  Feb 18, 2001  |  0 comments
The European Parliament has enacted a strong new law to protect copyrights, approving the use of encryption to prevent piracy of publications, movies, and recorded music. The new measure, known as the Copyright Directive, will give copyright holders better protection in Europe than they enjoy in the US, according to Italian representative Enrico Boselli, sponsor of the law. The widespread availability of advanced digital technology requires establishing "clear rules for consumers, consumer-electronics manufacturers, Internet service providers, and others," Boselli stated.
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