album doesn't really refer to the medium, does it? i guess it varies between countries too. vinyl hardly either since that's the material, like celluloid, but i'd say it's a *record* even if it's on itunes, right? i don't have a problem arguing semantics, in fact i think it's the reason behind most misunderstandings and the more we learn how to communicate the better we'll understand each other. what a lot of people don't understand is that words are simply defined by how we use them, there's no right and wrong, only what others understand and not (even in france where they try to have laws to control it). if people call a film a film that's what it is, it stopped referring to celluloid strips a long time ago, even though it still means that too, because go figure, words can mean different things, at the same time. shocking, huh? ;-)
no, words are defined collectively, and using them and discussing them will change people's idea of what they mean. the force of language is unstoppable by individuals, societies, and everything else except maybe a massive nuclear blast.
