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

Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren <[email protected]>
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> b) The release is available in two or more of the following formats: Lossy
> (any codec), standard lossless (16 bit 44.1 khz), hi-res lossless (>16 bit
> 44.1 khz). In such cases, retailers clearly sell two or more different
> things: Lossy, lossless, hi-res lossless, CD, and vinyl are almost always
> listed as separate items, at different prices. In such cases, a single MB
> release would have to link to more than one item, with different prices,
> for
> sale by one retailer. This would fly in the face of the notion of unique
> releases


This would be a pretty big pain in the ass for Bandcamp releases, which are
always offered in both lossless and lossy formats, from the same page, at
the same price. Duplicating them because of that seems a bit silly.

Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren

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