Re: [mb-users] Are different digital downloads different releases?

Do we have any choice? Many analysts think that CDs are going to disappear
or at most become a niche market just like currently vinyls, and that soon
most releases won't be released on a physical media at all. We will still
have to record such releases.

2013/1/8 Jazzy Jarilith <[email protected]>

> I've too added digital releases into the database, and only because it was
> allowed: I don't believe we should treat them as regular releases. Digital
> media is more like a new form of broadcasting than anything else. You do
> not own the music you "buy" on i-Tunes or Amazon. It's just another way to
> stream music as you would on Spotify or Deezer (On a related note, some
> bands make their music available for streaming ONLY, no CDs, no download.
> Streaming only), with the only difference being that you can do it
> off-line. Should we then add a separate entry for each of them? My first
> thought would be to say no. But then what of the release dates? A given
> album might be released at different times on different services. This
> would be in favor of adding separate entries for each digital
> stores/streaming platforms.
> And heres comes up another problem: how do you find out the release date?
> Example:
> https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/abbey-road/id401186200
>  Was this ever released on i-tunes in 1969? Definitely not. Not to mention
> that this version is yet another remaster...
> I foresee lots of headaches in the future. ;-)
>


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