Legal Downloads Won't Make Up For Drop In CD Sales
from the of-course-not dept
Jupiter Media is getting some attention today for pointing out that the legitimate music download business won't make up for lost CD revenue. This is an apples and oranges comparison. They're defining the market incorrectly. The market should be all music-related entertainment (or even, possibly, the entire entertainment industry). By narrowing the focus to just downloaded music vs. CDs, they miss out on plenty of other things. For example, by allowing free or cheaper downloads, more people will discover more music and spend on other things (t-shirts, fan clubs, concerts), which increase music industry revenue, but not necessarily CD revenue.
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Music is information...
Their problem is, music has broken free of its cage. They do not want to prevent you from stealing music. They want to prevent you from not having to re-purchase your music each time methods of sale, storage, and playback are changed. It's a cartel, nothing much more.
"Music is information is wants to be free."
Oh, and please do not read that as free in no cost. Free as in free from boundries and restrictions.
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The groups/artists that do have a following (think Springsteen, U2, REM, Eric Clapton, etc) have no problems getting listens to buy their music.
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That's not where the money is...
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New Storage Format
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Hahaha
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BASTARDS!
They think that they can treat their customers the way they have, and not have it affect sales? Are they smoking crack? I haven't bought a record since the Metallica Napster thing. And I'm not going to until the industry gets a clue. Treating your customers like garbage and expecting sales to continue unchanged is nuts.
Of course, there is another possibility.
After all the suing of college kids they did. Maybe their biggest clients have no more money because they're in debt up to their eye balls in CRIPPLING DEBT to the RIAA.
Ever think of that?
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hack da planet
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