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Six Giant Music Retailers Will Try Online Sales Together

Posted by timothy on from the smaller-warehouses dept.

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

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

    the gauntlet is thrown.
    any takers?

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

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  3. 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....