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...touchier subject is copying. The rule banning the trade of burned CDs makes sense, otherwise La La would simply be a real-world version of an illegal filesharing network. Trading used CDs is perfectly legal, but is it legal to rip a CD before you send it along? It?s not, technically, but there?s no telling how many people will save a virtual copy for themselves to listen to on iTunes...
...caught me off guard at first: as a member, you order up used CDs for $1 a pop (plus 49 cents in postage). How can that sustain itself? I asked. The answer is La La?s twist on the Golden Rule: "The number of CDs you receive will depend on how many CDs you ship to other members...
...ones you have or ones you want. Listing a CD that you have doesn?t mean you? re prepared to send it to another member. Still, the more CDs you list, the more you?ll find people hankering for your discs. Once you start sending them along - using La La?s Netflix-style preprinted mailing envelopes - the discs you?ve put on your Want List should start to arrive...
...service is still quite in its infancy, working out various issues. One hot topic on La La?s message boards is album art. The rules specify that you must only mail the original factory-pressed CD. No burned copies, no accompanying booklets. The reason is that the predetermined postage only covers the weight of the disc itself. Some members are including the booklets and supplementing the postage with an extra stamp or two, but that's not recommended...
...Speaking of iTunes, the easiest way to list CDs that you own is through La La ?s iTunes plug-in. The ingenious little program appears as a Visualizer option. When you play a song, then click the Visualizer, the screen shows an album by the artist you?re playing, plus a host of similar albums. You can say if you have or want each album displayed, and as the song plays, more albums appear. You can catalog your collection gradually, as you listen...