cd-r goes mainstream?

[rene beekman <rbeekman@xxxxxxxxx>]

after the cd-r discussion on this list a few weeks ago, thought this 
might be of interest to some here
from today's slashdot-headlines:

Columbia Japan Music On Demand, On CD-R
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/09/0115234

     [0]jwlidtnet writes "It seems as if Columbia Records Japan has
     instituted a [1]series of 'albums on demand' -- written on CDR media
     (warning: page in Japanese). Granted, most of the items currently
     offered are Japanese in origin, but this is indicative of a record
     label that realizes how to embrace *some* aspect of the technological
     revolution! Various industry types have been espousing this method for
     years as an antidote to artificial concepts of media supply and demand
     (e.g. that Big Record Label cannot support small acts as it must press
     x copies of the album), and as Columbia seems to be offering mostly old
     catalogue items, this is an encouraging solution to the problem of the
     control of out-of-print recordings. One final note: of course, a system
     like this is only as useful as its retailer support, and it appears as
     if both [2]Tower Records Japan and [3]HMV Japan carry these CDR
     releases."
Links
     0. mailto:ksg1-2@xxxxxxxxx
     1. http://www.r-ban.com/
     2. http://www.towerrecords.co.jp/
     3. http://www.hmv.co.jp/

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