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Old Nov 18, 2011, 03:17 AM
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Even though i am not 100% found of this anymore.. i think it's still needed because of format.
It's needed to differantiate collections, between the ones that buy physical releases, and the ones that buy digital releases.
But to differentiate quality is for me, encouraging more illegal trading and promoting.

Physical releases (whatever it is, CD, Vinyl, DVD, Blue-Ray) are "real", you get a case, a cd, booklet, bonuses.. We do need to differenciate real releases because most of the time the packaging is different (a different printed cat number is valid for a new entry).

Digital releases are.. just files ? Lossy or lossless, it's just a bunch of files you download and keep on your computer, whatever is the quality.
99,9% of digital releases does not come with anything more than a Front cover (that is exactly the same, whatever the quality is). Because there's no catalog number to differentiate them, etc...

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