Barcode inventor (Norman Woodland) dies. Should I rename SCANPI in honour [or blatant questionable marketing manoeuvre?] to NoWo, NorWoo, NorJos, NoJo, or NoJoWo? Votes as you feel like it to the comments.
Amazon gives digital version free. If you bought the CD from Amazon (They are also somehow remembering the past 10 years worth of your purchases) - you get access to the MP3 version from their cloud. Catch no 1 = 250 songs for free in their cloud? Catch no 2 = If you were gifted the CD then the gifter gets the MP3 copy? Catch no 3 = If it didn't come via Amazon at all, then obviously you don't get those ones. This *could* however form the basis of a 'scan the barcode to get the MP3' - a reasonable extension to where we're going with SCANPI? Perhaps. Once more, votes and comments in the box below as you see fit.
About Amazon.
ReplyDeleteOnly works in the US, or if you've used your UK account in the US ;) also the 250 free songs, is songs you upload. Purchased music doesn't count. I had 17 albums appear due to AutoRip (horrible name) and I can still upload 250 songs.
And if you have less than 20,000 MP3's you could always upload them to Google music for free, and access them via the browser ;)
Thanks for the comment. a) US vs UK interesting. b) *forgot* about Goog's music thingy. It's not the same as having a local disc with it all on, but is worth some re-investigating methinks. Might be space for a 'scan the barcode' get the MP3 copied into your own Google music thingy version??
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