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Record Label Thrives Selling CDRs

Posted by michael on from the rip-mix-burn-profit dept.

n3hat writes "'The major music companies may fret over falling revenue, but one label saw its business jump 33 percent last year -- thanks in part to the recordable compact discs that the industry says are hurting its sales. The label, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, is using recordable CD's, or CD-R's, to ensure that each release in its extensive catalog is always available'."

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  1. jumped 33% eh? by garcia · · Score: 4, Funny

    Smithsonian Folkways Recordings saw a 33% increase in sales...

    Woohoo, they are up to 9 customers!

    1. Re:jumped 33% eh? by robbo · · Score: 3, Funny

      The 0.766917 is the guy who burns the CD's- he gets a staff discount.

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    2. Re:jumped 33% eh? by Xaoswolf · · Score: 3, Funny
      Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods

      OK, now I know this article is a scam, as if Canadians have advanced to the point that they not only have music, but also learned to record it? C'mon people, this is Canada we're talking about.

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  2. DMCA bair by joeszilagyi · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think the RIAA is going to sue them for violating the DMCA.

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  3. Correction by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    from the rip-mix-burn-???-profit!! dept.

  4. Down to 8 now... by Eric_Cartman_South_P · · Score: 3, Funny
    ...I just installed Kazaa.

  5. Re:Get your math right. by charon_on_acheron · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, I was wondering what number he got whan trying to find one quarter of 9.

  6. ....seriously folks.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Music From Western Samoa: From Conch Shell to Disco"

    Is this a report to take seriously?

  7. Re:Unfortunately, pressing en masse is more afford by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have such a machine.. it's only one bank though. It downloads digital music, burns it to CDs upon my request and spits them out the front on a little tray. Available at your local best buy for less than a thousand dollars. Comes with a monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc.

  8. Careless reading by Ilan+Volow · · Score: 1, Funny

    When I briefly scanned the headline I had originally thought it read "Record Label Thieves Selling CDs."

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