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Offline Siaf__csf

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« Reply #30 on: January 20, 2005, 02:28:38 AM »
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Yeah, I don't download music on Kazaa. I also refuse to buy CDs until the RIAA stops being a bunch of bullying pudknockers. Which probably means I won't be buying a CD for a looong time.


Me too! Except I will wait untill RIAA stops the harassment AND lowers the prices to $6 / cd.

Screw 'em I'm taking a stand right here, right now.
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Offline CyranoAH

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« Reply #31 on: January 20, 2005, 02:55:04 AM »
I bet next thing you know they are going after the evil people that record songs off the radio. Oh the horror! :eek:

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« Reply #32 on: January 20, 2005, 07:16:07 AM »
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Originally posted by Sandman
So... music downloads are down 22% since the RIAA started their newest tactic of targeting individual users.

It appears that this didn't have the effect they intended on because the decline in CD sales actually accelerated.

Anyone else hear that sucking sound?


Music downloads from legitimate non-pirate online music sites was up 1000% in 2004 compared to 2003.  People are simply moving from buying prepackaged CDs to buying downloads.
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« Reply #33 on: January 20, 2005, 07:26:12 AM »
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I bet next thing you know they are going after the evil people that record songs off the radio. Oh the horror!


Actually in many countries you pay royalty from all blank recordable media for just that reason.

So yes, they already do that.
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« Reply #34 on: January 20, 2005, 07:31:01 AM »
Hey, c'mon. It costs money to promote people like Ashlee Simpson. Real money.
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« Reply #35 on: January 20, 2005, 07:34:19 AM »
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Ain't slowed me down any :)

The article on Foxnews was interesting...here's the quote I liked best....

But industry critics say the record companies have, for more than a decade, ignored the effects of soaring CD prices on sales. They also contend the artistic quality of music has deteriorated.

"This is something that the industry has failed to address ... You could make downloading music go away tomorrow and the industry would still face challenges," said Sean Baenen, managing director of Odyssey, a consumer marketing research firm in San Francisco.

"All the data suggests that quality and price are major factors to the equation."


Yanno its funny.
I was just going to post that if the industry put out stuff that was worth buying people might actually buy it.

Even my kid and his friends admit that the good bands out now are few and far between.
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« Reply #36 on: January 20, 2005, 07:40:43 AM »
Hell, that's what "Audio CD-Rs" are in the US -- blank CD-Rs, indistinguishable from Data ones, only with a surchage for recording music.


Um, the context of the "down 22%" number needs closer examination.  It's not "down 22% overall". It's "Down 22% in the seven weeks following the announcement".  Illegal download traffic follows a pattern, where it drops off for a month or so after each such announcement or big bust. If they desensitize the public by busting all the time, downloads won't drop off at all.

The recording industry is in a bad way with regards to making music.
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« Reply #37 on: January 20, 2005, 07:50:13 AM »
Bring me some clean-cut English boys scratching away in unison in a strange and innovative way.

Bring me ringing African guitars - 6 hours at a time.

Bring me the boiling-point revolutionary rhythms of the islands.

Give me a site where I can download it so the guys get paid. I'll buy it.

But *don't* ask me for 30 of the local pesos for this year's "Survivor Runners-Up meet Human Nature".  It's enough to drive a man to a jazz club.
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« Reply #38 on: January 20, 2005, 08:12:02 AM »
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Hell, that's what "Audio CD-Rs" are in the US -- blank CD-Rs, indistinguishable from Data ones, only with a surchage for recording music.


Um, the context of the "down 22%" number needs closer examination.  It's not "down 22% overall". It's "Down 22% in the seven weeks following the announcement".  Illegal download traffic follows a pattern, where it drops off for a month or so after each such announcement or big bust. If they desensitize the public by busting all the time, downloads won't drop off at all.

The recording industry is in a bad way with regards to making music.


Very interesting point!
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« Reply #39 on: January 20, 2005, 08:25:21 AM »
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Hey, c'mon. It costs money to promote people like Ashlee Simpson. Real money.


LOL, you, too, have noticed that air play of "Pieces of Me" has tripled since her SNL debacle!

Seriously, look to XM and Sirius for great music at $10-$12 month. Sure, radio is a different experience, but it is also one with its own surprises and fulfillments.


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« Reply #40 on: January 20, 2005, 08:33:13 AM »
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Wait a minute.... you're too young to remember 45's!!!!


  How about 78s and 33 1/3s? :D
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« Reply #41 on: January 20, 2005, 10:02:49 AM »
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Originally posted by CMC Airboss
In response to the dwindling sales, the suggested retail price of CD's is suspected to cut around $6 from the current $18 SRP.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0209050010sep05.story?coll=chi-business-hed

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They have been teasing the public for over 10 years with this one statement.  

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« Reply #42 on: January 20, 2005, 10:05:28 AM »
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Because you're copying intellectual property without a license.


When you purchase a CD, you are BY LAW allowed to make ONE BACKUP COPY.  You make TWO, well, good luck.

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« Reply #43 on: January 20, 2005, 10:23:00 AM »
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When you purchase a CD, you are BY LAW allowed to make ONE BACKUP COPY.  You make TWO, well, good luck.


You can make as many copies as you wish, as long as they are for your own personal use only.
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« Reply #44 on: January 20, 2005, 10:32:13 AM »
Hmmm... what law?
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