“This time-compressing aspect of mp3-based music culture does not flow naturally from the technology itself—it's a result of a lot of people, at the same time, publicly failing to resist their most basic passions for acquisition.”

CD Baby sells MP3s of participating artists' albums directly instead of reselling to other online music retailers for the thinnest possible cut. Awesome!

"Will people be able to hear the difference? Probably not." Good explanation. The extra kbps + no DRM can be worth 130% to me, though I mostly buy albums which will still be $10 anyway

trim and join mp3s without re-encoding