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Six Giant Music Retailers Will Try Online Sales Together

PingXao writes "The New York Times is reporting that several music retailers are banding together to test online sales. Sad to see the article's author flat-out claim that '... a proliferation of free music-swapping services on the Internet has led to a decline in CD sales.' The retailers are starting to get a clue but still have a long way to go as evidenced by 'Recording companies make the music...' and 'We are in the customer relationship business.'"

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  1. here we go again... by natron+2.0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let me be thhe first to say it:

    "Downloading music on Kazaa causes me to go buy CDs, I just like to preview the songs first"

    come on you know you all were thinking it...

  2. Re:Cry me a river by herrd0kt0r · · Score: 5, Funny

    "People can't "pirate" subs, gyros, or muffulettas."

    the gauntlet is thrown.
    any takers?

  3. Re:YOU COCK-SUCKING MUMSHIT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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  4. Re:Cry me a river by WIAKywbfatw · · Score: 4, Funny

    People can't "pirate" subs, gyros, or muffulettas.

    Well, if they can pirate ships surely they can pirate subs too?

    --

    "Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue." - David Brent, Wernham Hogg
  5. At The Trial... by davydd · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lawyer for the prosecution: We realize, your honour, that the defendent's illegal file sharing totalled only $1,206.59, but we intend to prove that this is, in fact, equivalent to $2,892.61 in price-fixed-- ahem, value-added RIAA products, and therefore request the greater sentence....