Re: [mb-users] Are different digital downloads different releases?
Bill Purosky <[email protected]>
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On 1/13/2013 7:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 20:18:45 +0100 > From: Frederic Da Vitoria <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [mb-users] Are different digital downloads different > releases? > > 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. This reminds me of the early days of CDs. A lot of record companies would simply scale down the cover art from the vinyl albums, leading to liner notes that you needed a magnifying glass to read. As the digital media come to dominate, I'm sure we'll see a switch in the cover art to better reflect the medium. -- Bill Purosky "I've always dreamed of owning a pastry shop on our first space colony... but that's just pie in the sky."