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<blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 109252" data-attributes="member: 63">Yes, it'd be nice if there were an easy way to enforce 'sampling' without intruding in people's privacy.&nbsp; Perhaps read-only files that self-delete after a day and can't be copied, but I wouldn't know how those would work.Again, I think it'd be nice if more companies tried to cater to the obvious desire people have to work digitally.&nbsp; I'd like to be able to go to some official website, select my 10 favorite Led Zeppelin songs, and pay $2.50 to download them as mp3s.&nbsp; People don't want to spend $15 for CDs anymore, but $5 is a little more reasonable, especially if you could be picky in your purchases, getting single tracks instead of the whole album (though the album would be at a discount).You can never really stop digital piracy.&nbsp; Even if files self-delete and can't be copied, someone could create a program that reads the file and rips it.&nbsp; But it is possible to make people feel less inclined to try to steal.&nbsp; Low-quality streaming music or video could let people sample purchases, and companies could let you buy and download items cheaply online.&nbsp; It saves them distribution fees, packaging fees, etc, and would make a lot of fans happy.Is there any move being made in this direction?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RangerWickett, post: 109252, member: 63"] Yes, it'd be nice if there were an easy way to enforce 'sampling' without intruding in people's privacy. Perhaps read-only files that self-delete after a day and can't be copied, but I wouldn't know how those would work. Again, I think it'd be nice if more companies tried to cater to the obvious desire people have to work digitally. I'd like to be able to go to some official website, select my 10 favorite Led Zeppelin songs, and pay $2.50 to download them as mp3s. People [i]don't[/i] want to spend $15 for CDs anymore, but $5 is a little more reasonable, especially if you could be picky in your purchases, getting single tracks instead of the whole album (though the album would be at a discount). You can never really stop digital piracy. Even if files self-delete and can't be copied, someone could create a program that reads the file and rips it. But it is possible to make people feel less inclined to try to steal. Low-quality streaming music or video could let people sample purchases, and companies could let you buy and download items cheaply online. It saves them distribution fees, packaging fees, etc, and would make a lot of fans happy. Is there any move being made in this direction? [/QUOTE]

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