thefts of entertainment products like CDs and DVDs have collapsed in England and Wales, to the point that they are now taken in just 7 percent of all burglaries in which something is stolen

7%?! That seems ridiculously high.

They've got some real criminal masterminds over in the UK.

Yep. DVDs are on their way out.

I bought a 360 slot case last week so that I could throw out all my DVD cases and save some space. Would have preferred to digitize them, but I don't know enough about ripping/decrypting/decoding/wtfever I have to do because of the farking mpaa.

is getting a kick out of this.

kobrakai: [recycledfilm.net image 550x417]

is getting a kick out of this.

Beat me to the reference. I was going to go with Cobb.

In other news 8-track thefts are now completely non-existent.

i hope no one steals my vinyl records.

I used to live off Grosvenor Square, so I am getting a kick out of that article.

/not rich
//my neighbors were

I buy CDs for .50$ at the flea market, sometimes cheaper. Bought a full case for 5$ the other day. What seems to be the case, at least where I am and in my experience is, the bulk of CDs I'm seeing at the flea, or in pawn shops, trhift stores comes from the 90s. When CDs were really getting big and digital hadn't sunk it's teeth in. Some may say I got jobbed for buying a CD for .50$ but when I upload it onto my Ipod it's still 9.49$ cheaper than buying it. And I really don't know how to DL music on the sly without worry of screwing up my comp.

So I got Nothing Shocking, Ritual de lo Habitual, Possum Kingdom and a bunch of other odd stuff for about .10$ each in the full case. I was happy with that.

I guess what I'm saying is, keep stealing CDs because i like buying them cheap!

some_beer_drinker: i hope no one steals my vinyl records.

The hipsters would. If stealing isn't mainstream

Could it possibly be that burglars don't have a big sack like this:



If you were a thief, would you rather grab an armload of DVDs that maybe value $30, or would you rather grab an iPod, iPad, camera, laptop, jewelery, and cash, all of which is also an armload?

Not every thief is the dumb kind who drop a deuce and take a nap during the break in.

macross87: some_beer_drinker: i hope no one steals my vinyl records.

The hipsters would. If stealing isn't mainstream

Hipster burglars?

Talk about an underground crime ring.

Twilight Snarkle: macross87: some_beer_drinker: i hope no one steals my vinyl records.

The hipsters would. If stealing isn't mainstream

Hipster burglars?

Talk about an underground crime ring.

They graduated to burglary because loitering is totes played out.

rudemix: I buy CDs for .50$ at the flea market, sometimes cheaper. Bought a full case for 5$ the other day. What seems to be the case, at least where I am and in my experience is, the bulk of CDs I'm seeing at the flea, or in pawn shops, trhift stores comes from the 90s. When CDs were really getting big and digital hadn't sunk it's teeth in. Some may say I got jobbed for buying a CD for .50$ but when I upload it onto my Ipod it's still 9.49$ cheaper than buying it. And I really don't know how to DL music on the sly without worry of screwing up my comp.

So I got Nothing Shocking, Ritual de lo Habitual, Possum Kingdom and a bunch of other odd stuff for about .10$ each in the full case. I was happy with that.

I guess what I'm saying is, keep stealing CDs because i like buying them cheap!

My conceptual problem with buying used CDs and DVDs is that, aside from the rush of 'ohshoppingshoppingshoppingshopping' for buying shiat, when I sit down and think about it far too hard, I'm not doing anything other than spending money to justify my 'theft' of the product.

If the reason I shouldn't steal, is that the owners don't see a profit...isn't resale simply justified theft that I pay for?

I'm not really willing to shell out 10$ for a single and 9-12 songs I hate, especially when the single is going to be played as 'NEW NEW NEW OMG NEW DID WE SAY NEW!!!!' music for the next 6-12 months (DFW is now playing the Selena Gomez song 'Lovesong' as 'new' music, and it hasn't been played in the area till the break of this year, wtf slow DFW).

So...what's the compelling reason I shouldn't steal it? My answer is spotify, right now. I can sample a CD a few times to see if I really like it, and usually end up buying several CDs by the same artist if I do.

/Buys about 3-4 albums a year
//usually CDs off amazon when buying books
\\surprisingly doesn't download much, if at all, despite above logic

rudemix: When CDs were really getting big and digital hadn't sunk it's teeth in

Um, CDs are digital. And it's means it is. I don't know which is more hopeless, teaching people what it's means, or telling them that CDs are digital...

squidgod2000: Yep. DVDs are on their way out.

I bought a 360 slot case last week so that I could throw out all my DVD cases and save some space. Would have preferred to digitize them, but I don't know enough about ripping/decrypting/decoding/wtfever I have to do because of the farking mpaa.

Step 1: Get CDEX CDEX
Step 2: Play with the settings and at least set up the directories. I also like mine ripped to Artist/Date-Album/Song but it's not necessary
Step 3: Start CDEX
Step 4: Put in CD. It should recognize it and offer to rip it. Hit button.
Step 5: Profit

Quantum Apostrophe: rudemix: When CDs were really getting big and digital hadn't sunk it's teeth in

Um, CDs are digital. And it's means it is. I don't know which is more hopeless, teaching people what it's means, or telling them that CDs are digital...

The music on CDs is digital. CDs themselves are not.

CorporateGoon: Quantum Apostrophe: rudemix: When CDs were really getting big and digital hadn't sunk it's teeth in

Um, CDs are digital. And it's means it is. I don't know which is more hopeless, teaching people what it's means, or telling them that CDs are digital...

The music on CDs is digital. CDs themselves are not.

Are you kidding? What's digital, then, about an IC? Or a hard drive? Or a computer? Or a network cable? Then why refer to "downloads" as digital? The music is digital, the modem is not. You're making a specious distinction and you know it.

CorporateGoon:
The music on CDs is digital. CDs themselves are not.

They haven't priced Mobile Fidelity CDs lately. Some of those are worth a pretty penny.

Wrong headline.

People previously prepared to pay for purloined product from pikeys now pinching popular products by PC