Do any MP3 sites provide proof of purchase?

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Posted by DannyO on Jul-22-2005 23:13:

Do any MP3 sites provide proof of purchase?

Well questions in the title, I'm thinking of going the digital route, but the only thing really stopping me is if I don't have proof that my music is legal, do any sites mail receipts or something similar, or would any of them provide proof if I needed it, also I see that beatport will mail you the wav files of the music you buy (if you want the wav), do they send them on a CD that could be shown as proof that the music is legit, any help in this area would be great, thanks.

Posted by BradP on Jul-23-2005 00:17:

I've bought mp3's from Beatport and Audiojelly and they both send emails stating proof of purchase.

Posted by Pasta on Jul-23-2005 02:09:

I was going to ask the same question since I recently bought CDJ's and starting to go all digital.

Posted by TranceSpeeder on Jul-23-2005 04:24:

Re: Do any MP3 sites provide proof of purchase?

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Originally posted by DannyO
Well questions in the title, I'm thinking of going the digital route, but the only thing really stopping me is if I don't have proof that my music is legal, do any sites mail receipts or something similar, or would any of them provide proof if I needed it, also I see that beatport will mail you the wav files of the music you buy (if you want the wav), do they send them on a CD that could be shown as proof that the music is legit, any help in this area would be great, thanks.

you going digital? i cant imagaine!

Posted by DannyO on Jul-23-2005 04:48:

Re: Re: Do any MP3 sites provide proof of purchase?

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Originally posted by TranceSpeeder
you going digital? i cant imagaine!

Yea I know, well I'm going the Serato Scratch route so I'll still be spinning wax, but the amount I wanna buy would cost me thousands to get plus some of the tunes I wanna play you can't get on vinyl, so I think its time to incorporate the digital technology, plus I can then spend like 300 bux on mp3s and I'd have a good amount of tunes.

Thanks Brad for the info, thats good to hear, I have heard that beatport keep info on what you bought on a database, so if I got into trouble for possible illegal music, I'd be able to get proof that its all legal.

Posted by Technaut on Jul-23-2005 14:22:

digital is the way forward! much better quality and your tunes never degrade

Posted by Freak on Jul-23-2005 14:40:

Yes you get an emailed reciept and reference number from every one ive ever seen (apart from winmx )
Usable for tax reasons too as its a legitimate business expense

quote:
Originally posted by Technaut
digital is the way forward!

Maybe..maybe not.

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much better quality

Rubbish

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and your tunes never degrade

until your hard drive crashes.....ooops..

Posted by Technaut on Jul-23-2005 15:29:

quote:
Originally posted by Freak
Yes you get an emailed reciept and reference number from every one ive ever seen (apart from winmx )
Usable for tax reasons too as its a legitimate business expense

Maybe..maybe not.

Rubbish

until your hard drive crashes.....ooops..

tell me how a digital download is not better than having a vinyl, everytime you play a vinyl it degrades, and you have to deal with dust and clean them etc.

back up your hard drive, mofo

al capowned.

Posted by Unknown DJ on Jul-23-2005 15:42:

Yea im thinking of going all digital as well, even thinking of sellign my technics, but the only thing is theres not that many brilliant sites out at the moment, liek ive wanted K90 - Super Space for ages, cant find it anywhere but its out on vinyl. I do most my shopping on Tidy Digital (im a hard dance fan now) and they give proof of purchace. IMO, its only a matter of time unrill everyoen goes digital, you may love the warmth or vinyl, but u will die at the clarity of digital. Digital downloads sound amazing and you ca nEASILY hear the difference between digital downloads, and illegal mp3's...

Posted by Freak on Jul-23-2005 16:22:

quote:
Originally posted by Technaut

al capowned.

Really?

Suck my wang

Posted by Technaut on Jul-23-2005 16:36:

well you would try and pick apart my post with stupid comments

Posted by JFernie on Jul-23-2005 17:12:

i wouldnt agree digital was better quality, ive had vinyls for years and i never clean them and they play fine even ones ive cained over and over, however at the moment i use 50/50 between cdjs and 1210s so im at a happy middle

Posted by DJ_Release on Jul-23-2005 17:40:

if the music is made in digital in the first place why wouldn't it be better than vinyl... some vinyl pressings are crap IMO

anyways go digital, every store sends you receipts and some like beatport have a record of your previous purchases in their database so I guess you could print that out every time you buy

It's also much cheaper than buying hundresd of vinyl from which you only want a certain track

Posted by DannyO on Jul-23-2005 20:10:

quote:
Originally posted by Unknown DJ
Yea im thinking of going all digital as well, even thinking of sellign my technics, but the only thing is theres not that many brilliant sites out at the moment, liek ive wanted K90 - Super Space for ages, cant find it anywhere but its out on vinyl. I do most my shopping on Tidy Digital (im a hard dance fan now) and they give proof of purchace. IMO, its only a matter of time unrill everyoen goes digital, you may love the warmth or vinyl, but u will die at the clarity of digital. Digital downloads sound amazing and you ca nEASILY hear the difference between digital downloads, and illegal mp3's...

Just get something like Serato Scratch then, you can stay with the feel and control of vinyl but will get to use all your digital files, I still plan to buy vinyl, but its just too difficult and expensive to get all the tracks I want to play.

Vinyl here costs about 17 bux a track, if it was around 10 bux a track I'd stick with buying all vinyl, but thats not going to happen.

Posted by Rhue on Jul-23-2005 21:06:

Re: Re: Re: Do any MP3 sites provide proof of purchase?

quote:
Originally posted by DannyO
Yea I know, well I'm going the Serato Scratch route so I'll still be spinning wax, but the amount I wanna buy would cost me thousands to get plus some of the tunes I wanna play you can't get on vinyl, so I think its time to incorporate the digital technology, plus I can then spend like 300 bux on mp3s and I'd have a good amount of tunes.

Exactly what i'm doing!

Posted by Technaut on Jul-23-2005 22:39:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ_Release
if the music is made in digital in the first place why wouldn't it be better than vinyl... some vinyl pressings are crap IMO

anyways go digital, every store sends you receipts and some like beatport have a record of your previous purchases in their database so I guess you could print that out every time you buy

It's also much cheaper than buying hundresd of vinyl from which you only want a certain track

this man speaks sense

Posted by Nemesis44 on Jul-24-2005 09:53:

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Originally posted by Technaut
this man speaks sense

Actually it comes down to analogue versus digital wave forms. Agreed it's electronic (not necessarily digital) to start with but you will get a high quality wave form from instruments much of which is lost in the MP3 process.

Sound quality is lost with vinyl too but just not as much as MP3. It just comes down to finding a level that is not so bad that it's offensive.
Sure, vinyl degrades but if you back it up on CD you actually get a better quality CD than if it's from an MP3 (depending on your equipment).

I do download MP3s but only if I really have to.

Cheers
Nem

Posted by skip on Jul-24-2005 10:15:

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Originally posted by Nemesis44
Actually it comes down to analogue versus digital wave forms. Agreed it's electronic (not necessarily digital) to start with but you will get a high quality wave form from instruments much of which is lost in the MP3 process.

Sound quality is lost with vinyl too but just not as much as MP3. It just comes down to finding a level that is not so bad that it's offensive.
Sure, vinyl degrades but if you back it up on CD you actually get a better quality CD than if it's from an MP3 (depending on your equipment).

I do download MP3s but only if I really have to.

Cheers
Nem

and this is why they should offer wav downloads, because wav/cd > vinyl!

Posted by fr3sh on Jul-25-2005 03:23:

quote:
Originally posted by skip
and this is why they should offer wav downloads, because wav/cd > vinyl!

they do on beatport

i only buy wav files... costs a hell of alot more... it almost rivals vinyls in cost by the time it is burned to a cd and shipped to canada

Posted by Tenshi on Jul-25-2005 07:11:

that's why we should do pressure on beatport and other digital download sites to offer uncompressed music for downloads at reasonable prices (i don't wanna spend 3$ instead of 1,5$ to get a flac file from edmdigital)

i recently bought a cdj200 and i'm currently ripping all my vinyl to wav (i use a ortofon nightclub e, a m-audio 2496 and wavelab. quality is allright!

Posted by Unknown DJ on Jul-25-2005 14:23:

quote:
Originally posted by DannyO
Just get something like Serato Scratch then, you can stay with the feel and control of vinyl but will get to use all your digital files, I still plan to buy vinyl, but its just too difficult and expensive to get all the tracks I want to play.

Vinyl here costs about 17 bux a track, if it was around 10 bux a track I'd stick with buying all vinyl, but thats not going to happen.

Yea man i was thinking this. but ifi ever start mixing in clubs in sure they wont b best pleased me fannying about setting it up, so i think i might get cdj 1000's instead, less hassle

Posted by PDM on Jul-25-2005 18:08:

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[i][b]until your hard drive crashes.....ooops..

Your hard drive never crashes, is the Operating System that does.

If you have an external Hard Drive, it won't be affected by the OS Crash.
There you go.

Posted by skip on Jul-25-2005 18:49:

quote:
Originally posted by PDM
Your hard drive never crashes, is the Operating System that does.

If you have an external Hard Drive, it won't be affected by the OS Crash.
There you go.

hard drives crash too, you know.

Posted by fr3sh on Jul-25-2005 19:36:

and vinyls can get stolen....

with digital files they could be backed up in a couple of different places... one set gets lost or stolen... no big deal

if your vinyls are stolen... THEY ARE GONE!

FOE EVA... FOE EVA EVA