Re: [mb-users] Are different digital downloads different releases?
Frederic Da Vitoria <[email protected]>
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2013/1/12 Jazzy Jarilith <[email protected]> > > One of the reasons why I'm confused about digital downloads being > "something on their own right": Edit #20375858 - Add cover art<http://musicbrainz.org/edit/20375858> > > When I see such cover art coming with the downloads, I can't help but > think that the digital stores do not see those releases as separate from > the CD versions. I've seen this on bandcamp as well. > Please let's not make a general rule out of examples. Some (perhaps even most) stores don't see them as separate. But at least some do. And once again downloadable music is probably going to be the majority of music soon. Which means that if MB refuses to acknowledge this, MB is going to be limited to a niche market. On a slightly related note, shouldn't CDs be filed under Digital Media as > well? Technically it's right, isn't it? > Quite. DAT and MD too, of course. Some stores in France call what we call Digital Media "Musique dématérialisée", which translates to "Dematerialized music" -- Frederic Da Vitoria (davitof) Membre de l'April - « promouvoir et défendre le logiciel libre » - http://www.april.org _______________________________________________ MusicBrainz-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-users