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Music Industry Compared to Movie Industry

Posted by michael on from the crook-vs.-crook dept.

tgibson writes "The Denver Post has an article comparing the missteps of the recording industry to the movie industry's success with DVDs: 'The best-selling "Chicago" movie soundtrack is available on CD starting at $13.86. The actual movie, with the soundtrack songs included, of course, plus additional goodies ranging from deleted musical numbers to the director's interview and a "making-of" feature, can be had for precisely $2.12 more...'"

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  1. Most Insightful Comment. Ever. by Merlynnus · · Score: 5, Informative
    This is the most insightful comment the mainstream press has had on the whole music industry situation:
    Most of all, spend less on lawyers and more on creative thinkers. You can't subpoena success.

    The more people that say this, the greater chance the music industry will start paying attention to their customers' wants again.
  2. Re:Basic Comparison by ScrewMaster · · Score: 4, Informative

    No, the MPAA is just as bad as the RIAA, and the only thing keeping them from an RIAA-style attack on the customer base is that current broadband technology doesn't permit easy sharing of movies. Remember that the MPAA was implicitly complicit in purchasing the Digital Millenium Copyright Act from Congress. I hear they got it for a song.

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  3. Josie and the Pussycats better example... by rklrkl · · Score: 3, Informative
    Have a look at this (and be prepared to be staggered at the prices that UK retailers think they can get away with):

    Josie and the Pussycats DVD: 17.99 pounds ($29)

    Josie and the Pussycats soundtrack CD: 19.99 pounds ($32)

    Same retailer, same movie, two pounds ($3) less for the DVD than the soundtrack CD ! It's ironic really, because the movie is only OK, but the soundtrack is utterly fantastic - I have it on auto-repeat at the moment...

    1. Re:Josie and the Pussycats better example... by WIAKywbfatw · · Score: 3, Informative

      Anyone who shops online at HMV.co.uk is crazy. Try Play.com or CD-WOW.com if you're a UK consumer shopping online.

      CD-WOW concentrates on more popular music (not just mainstream) and doesn't have either item but Play.com has your Josie and the Pussycats CD at 9.99 pounds and the DVD at 6.99 pounds. So why you'd ever pay over twice as much for either item is beyond me.

      Seriously, only an idiot would shop at HMV UK's online store. With a few exceptions, its prices are set to match those in its stores, so people who want to know how much a CD, DVD or whatever will cost can browse the site before they head to their local HMV.

      Pointing out that HMV.co.uk is expensive is as revolutionary as saying "the sky is blue" or "it's cold in the North Pole". Similarly, using it as a comparison shopping example ("hey, look at how expensive everything is here in Britain!") is equally stupid, as you've picked an expensive retailer to start with, failed to point out that VAT (sales tax) of 17.5% is included in those prices, etc.

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  4. Re:Get Off Me! by Zan+Zu+from+Eridu · · Score: 3, Informative

    I don't know about Canada, but in the Netherlands you're allowed to download as much as you like; you may not redistribute the stuff you download to 3rd parties. There is a tax on DVDs and CDs, but we already had video and compact cassettes taxed. To Dutch law, downloading is not much different from recording radio or tv broadcasts.

  5. Re:Animatrix example by YOU+LIKEWISE+FAIL+IT · · Score: 3, Informative
    I'm not even sure how easy it is to rip music from a DVD.

    This is something I've thought about as well, because I own quite a few music video DVDs ( The Cure, Run DMC etc ) and would like to be able to listen to them on the bus, etc, without lugging a laptop around. I'm not sure whether I should feel obligated to buy another copy of the albums in question...

    To answer your technical query, if you have access to a supported platform, mplayer has a ao ( audio out ) driver for dumping wave data to a file. Team this up with playing selected chapters from the command line, and It's quite easy to use if not absolutely painless. As far as I know this is the only way to get the original theme from Buckaroo Banzai on CD. >:-(

    I should get off my ass and craft a GUI for this: ( cue people to post their already existing GUI's below... ).

    YLFI

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