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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. moron getting rid of greed/fear based bunkIEs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    we'll gladly pay artists for their work. we'll NEVER pay into the Godless cesspool of yOUR corepirate payper liesense stock markup FUDgePeddling factorIE again.

    many artists remain as (?$willing$?) hostages of the factorIE, but their daze are fading.

    tell 'em robbIE.

    look for va.msn.?net?, ticker: (VAST)? the cite's DOWn right now, but more good gnus are on the way.

  2. strange how nobody blames the poor quality music by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Frankly most of the music being produced today sucks. Maybe it's because they cant build on prior art?

    Either way it sucks. Thats why sales have dropped.

    You dont see Ford or Intel blame pirates when their sales drop. They look at the quality of their product and market conditions.