2007-05-18 05:50:21 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Other - Music
The basic reason is that, unlike movies, CDs or other music formats are generally not listened to once and then seldom if ever again. So there is no "legitimate" reason to rent/exchange music unless you are planning to copy it.
Having said that, you should check out LaLa, which is a service that enables disc trading and can wind up similar to Netflix if you want. If you are interested, send me your email address in a PM, and I will send you a referral to LaLa.
2007-05-18 06:25:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Me and some friends sat down and thought about that. We were thinking that it might be an untapped market. However, we did some thinking and decided that there are too many things going against it. People will hold onto the CD's longer than they would DVDs. That will mean that you would need a larger inventory. Also, CD's seem to get more abused than DVD's. That is probably because they are used more. This means that you would be replacing your CD's more often and that would increase your cost. Also, why sign up for a service that lets you rent a CD when you could go online and get the songs you want (legally or illegally). I know you can download movies but Netflix seems easier to me. Besides, Netflix has a fairly good sized inventory. I have been able to find probably 80% of the movies I have been wanting to see. That is where a music Netflix would need to focus. Having just about every single available album out there available for renting. Also, we did not know about the legality of renting CDs. There might be some legal aspect that we do not even know about.
There are some definate hurdles from someone to figure out before they can make a Music Netflix work. However, if they can do it then it might be a big money maker.
2007-05-18 12:59:43 · answer #2 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but I've been listening to www.pandora.com, which is a very cool site where you program your own radio station and the site plays similar music which you can rate. The site will figure you out what you like and play the music.
For instance, you could create a station, add Willie Nelson to the list for that station. The site will play some Willie Nelson and similar tunes, which you can veto or rate. If the site plays Kenny Rogers and you don't like it, you can give it a thumbs down. The station will then learn from your feedback and avoid songs with qualities of the Kenny Rogers song.
Then you could have another station with Radiohead, the Beatles, etc.
It's free too.
2007-05-18 12:54:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
For Downloads?
WalMart lets you dl entire albums.
I havent figured out how to convert them into
MP3 yet and burn them though.
2007-05-18 13:00:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know but that would be awesome.
2007-05-18 12:56:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋