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CD's were the first digital versions. That's what enabled the lossless reproduction that GP is talking about. I don't agree with GP though that they did it to
by freedomben 3y ago
CD's were the first digital versions. That's what enabled the lossless reproduction that GP is talking about.
I don't agree with GP though that they did it to themselves. I think they would have been quickly forced to digitize anyway had they tried to resist the CD
- jacquesm 3y agoSony and Philips (the parents of the CD) were doing this while they were at the same time part of the music industry as such. They didn't resist the CD, they pretty much invented it. It's possible that otherwise another entity would have come up with a practical digital format but without the support of the music industry such a format would have surely failed, especially because initially there were no recordable optical media, which is what you need if you want to introduce a new format without having access to a very large catalogue of music.
- freedomben 3y agoah, fair point, thanks!