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Universal Music To Cut CD Prices

Posted by simoniker on from the piracy-begone-with-magical-price-cut? dept.

phlack writes "CNN Money has an article about Universal Music Group's plans to slash their CD prices to $12.98 SRP, in an effort to combat piracy and bring consumers back into stores. It makes me hope the other giants will follow suit, and wonder if the music industry is finally listening to some of the consumer's complaints."

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  1. So, if theft is a protest? by Daniel+Quinlan · · Score: 0, Troll
    It makes me hope the other giants will follow suit, and wonder if the music industry is finally listening to some of the consumer's complaints.

    So, if theft is a protest, what's next?

    • Books are too expensive or otherwise worthy of protest, so people will start scanning them and putting up copies for others on the net.
    • Prescription drugs are too expensive, so we'll import cloned drugs from certain countries or underground labs.
    • Software licenses are not to our liking, so we'll copy software and put it under a license of our own choosing (note that this can cut against open source as well).
    • Cars are too expensive (and pollute!), so let's go steal us a nice one.

    I don't understand where some of the current thinking about music theft came from. Artists have other choices to get their music heard, so most must believe that they have something to gain from big music companies. If you don't like it, don't buy it or create your own. If you're stealing it, you obviously do like it or want it, so what exactly makes music downloaders anything other than thieves? Slashdot posters often lament consumerism and greed. Wanting more music than you can afford and resorting to theft seems pretty high on the greed scale to me.

    Regarding the article, placing the lowering of CD prices in the category of "victory" presumes that copying music is a moral activity. Yeah, right...

  2. Re:ohhh.... like $3.00 is a price cut? by ebayman · · Score: 0, Troll

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  3. Re:Why live performances? by ryanvm · · Score: 0, Troll

    Then don't go. Nobody gives a fuck if you don't like concerts. Why are you telling us this?