And then, JLM, will the commercial extinction of CD lead to a market for used CDs and their players, a la Vinyl? Guess that means that instead of dumping my CD and transport, as some vinyl owners have done, I would rather keep the collection and keep it in tip top shape.
Hummmmm, how much will I be able to charge for that CD that will be out print in Ebay? $50? $75?
It will be an interesting scenario to go through.
Regardless, unless the record companies are able to get the liner notes and the art work, the way we have with purchased, physical CDs....as it was the case with LP covers, some people like me would not want to download
a "ghost" track.
Then, perhaps, printing technology will be affordable and so convenient that we might be able to have a mini press under our fingers.
But, how to accompany the tracks with the liners? Maybe a sort of player that will give us really clear screen shots of this virtual liner and also playlist? I do not think this will be sooo far into the future.
The next 5-10 years will be interesting.
Maybe stores will have virtual listening boots. Instead of having shelves occupied with physical CDs, more and more listening boots and also some sort of virtual playlist with the actual physical liner notes that customers can take, for a listening in their virtual boots.
Who knows?
