Wired. com reported that the largest collection of music is up for sale on eBay. This collection has millions of songs with all genres of American music represented. It also have all sorts of formats including hundreds of thousands of CDs. What is really interesting is that this collection is for sale on eBay because it is worth millions of dollars, maybe even 50 million dollars. I wonder what most expensive purchase on eBay is, but this one has to be up there. The owner of the collection says in the article that he wants it to go to a museum or university or something of the sort, but why would he sell it on eBay if that’s what he wanted. I think this guy should go to the Smithsonian and start asking or something. I think that by selling it on eBay the worth of the collection is down played, but that may just be my more archaic sense of music collection speaking. As a fan of legal music purchasing and artist support, i believe that this collection should be purchased in person with plenty of legal advice because this is more than most peoples house cost, and there are plenty of people involved in buying houses. Also, what do the record companies say about this? It’s a question of intellectual property, does this owner have the right to sell and make a profit on music that belongs to the record companies? I believe he has the right, but it’s interesting because this will be the legitimate sale of music online in an era of illegal music downloads and record company complaints.
February 20, 2008...2:50 am
Music For Sale!
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