Comments on: I Want My MP3

By: FEMAELSTROM

FEMAELSTROM — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:34:28 +0000

You know Phoenix, it’s never too late, and yes I do too hope that somebody is listening to the fact that I too would pay a nice price for a good player.

By: Phoenix

Phoenix — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:27:18 +0000

Yes I’m tardy to the party on this one, but Great Article! I have had the same thought since coming to Home.I would plunk down some funds on this one. Hope someones listening!

By: FEMAELSTROM

FEMAELSTROM — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:53:48 +0000

I equate all these reasons and their legal trappings to a rattlesnake: we hear the rattle, but it’s the other end that bites us. All these things being what they are remain out of our hands, and thats the part that bites us, whatever the wranglings are, we are with out a good and working player. My view is this: the powers that be should hack through the sticky details and just get us to a place where we have one. I know that’s a VERY simplistic view, but leave me alone…it’s too early to get too deep. LOL, love you all.

By: LUTORCORP

LUTORCORP — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:05:01 +0000

burbie just imagine if the R2 button went away and it was like other online games . there would be so many ppl talking over each other. You would hear all the noise in multip pplz houses. i think sony saw this and made the r2 button so we dont have to hear a bunch of ppl in a club are group channel talking all at once. even if they were all not speaking theres still the possibility of alot of background noise to deal with. alot of ppl can go in group and club channel so i think sony put the r2 feature to help use communicate better when we are in large numbers

By: LUTORCORP

LUTORCORP — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 19:20:45 +0000

Now I assumed also, that the reason for paying music publishers. Was if your planning to make money off of the music, which is why its copyright protected. So djs and radio stations cant just make a profit of copyright protected work. I have not heard of any pshome djs making any money off dj’ing in home. Just like in our real lives were not charging are friends to come over and listen to tunes. pshome djs aren’t either so we are not violating this part of copyright laws. Well I don’t think so.

By: SealWyf_

SealWyf_ — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 13:57:10 +0000

Now, that’s an angle I had never run into before. I had assumed the issue was paying royalties to the music publishers. If it’s a matter of patented technology, and Microsoft holds the patent, it’s a whole different kettle ‘o fish. Thank you!

Back to the music-publisher angle, though. I don’t know whether the cases would be comparable, but my employer pays a blanket annual royalty to ASCAP so they can use any music covered by them without having to pay individual performers. (Saves tons of research time.) Now, I don’t really see Sony paying big bucks so we the users can stream music, but perhaps the cost could be shifted to the consumer, through the sale or rental of MP3 player technology. If some of that sale or rental price found its way over to Microsoft, so be it.

By: Burbie52

Burbie52 — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 12:52:02 +0000

Music would be a real boon that is for sure, but I have to say that though it can be a bit of a hassle, a good DJ can make music in Home if they know what they are doing. The hardest part is timing the release on the R2 button, but once you learn how to do that it becomes second nature really. If they could somehow make it so we don’t have to use R2 off and on to provide a constant stream of sound either voice or music and the problems would be solved.
I don’t know why we have to do this in Home to talk when we can play any music,talk or anything else we like when we are in a chat room or playing online without it.
Good read Strom.

By: LUTORCORP

LUTORCORP — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 09:27:44 +0000

I thought microsoft patented in game music in 2006. Somthing called, ‘method and apparatus for playing custom soundtracks’ patent. And, the work around loophole the reason some ps3 games have in custom soundtracks feature is because devs of those games pay microsoft a royalty. The game developers have to put that feature in the game themselves.Since Sony is the developer of pshome custom soundtracks for home cant be done unless Sony pays microsoft. Which might not work for Sony to well paying the compatiton in all.

By: Dlyrius

Dlyrius — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 08:21:21 +0000

Sadly, the new portable LOOT EOD system clearly states at the open house it will not include music.. which really sucks! It is currently our only option to relieve our poor ears from the canned crap at the public spaces. Frankly I would prefer not to have to wear my ps3 headset in one ear with my mp3 player glued to the other.

By: Dr_Do-Little

Dr_Do-Little — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 22:59:43 +0000

I Agree with Seal on that one. I understand we cant broadcast music we bought for private use. But my private places on home are… well private! If I have to buy some a 2nd time, on a “home mp3 player” so be it. But give me choice. I want classic, blues, progressive rock, folks…

By: SealWyf_

SealWyf_ — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 21:30:46 +0000

I’m not a lawyer (and I don’t play one on the Internet), but I would think that the legal issues for a personal-space MP3 player would be similar to those of the picture frames. If you are playing music for your 11 closest friends, it’s not that different than inviting them over to your real-world home for a party. You have not become a radio station.

By: Homeling BuKaNoCo

Homeling BuKaNoCo — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 21:24:11 +0000

I’ve never understood the difference between having someone over to my house while iTunes is playing on my computer, and having friends over to my virtual house, while in Home, while MP3s are playing on my PS3 hard drive streaming through my virtual house. I see no difference. It friends, in my house, listening to music I own.

By: UnknownAnon

UnknownAnon — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 20:03:30 +0000

I would pay at least 50$ for something that allow me to play music from my HDD