internetarchiveAug 14, 2023

“When people want to listen to music they go to Spotify. When people want to study sound recordings as they were originally created, they go to libraries like the Internet Archive. Both are needed. There shouldn’t be conflict here.” - @brewsterkahle

Read our full statement about the recording industry lawsuit against our library: https://blog.archive.org/2023/08/14/internet-archive-responds-to-recording-industry-lawsuit-targeting-obsolete-media/

Show threadTim RuppertAug 14, 2023
@internetarchive @brewsterkahle I’m just going to slide in here with a quick plug for TIDAL, the streaming app that delivers better sound quality and pays artists higher royalties than Spotify and those other services. ✌️😁
Show threadJulian Andres Klode 🏳️‍🌈

@TMRuppert @internetarchive @brewsterkahle again, as has been widely discussed, Tidal is a scam, its proprietary MQA format does not offer lossless audio quality as they claim.

Quality differences are down to different masters, some may be better on Tidal, some may be better on e.g. Apple Music.

Aug 15, 2023 at 8:34pmMastodon for Android
Show threadTim RuppertAug 16, 2023
@juliank @internetarchive @brewsterkahle 1. Sound quality. Before switching, I listened to several songs I knew well from vinyl and I found TIDAL superior to Spotify.
2. Royalties. TIDAL pays substantially more per stream to artists than Spotify.