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Legal US Music Downloads Beat CD Single Sales
Kelly McNeill writes "I've received a lot of feedback from osViews readers (my site) asking about the music download survey that we've been conducting over the past few weeks, saying that osViews readership must be skewed in one particular direction to get the results we did. The primary reason given is not necessarily the fact that iTunes has significantly surpassed its competitors, but that the results show legal digital downloads surpassing even CD sales. I must admit that even I thought this a was a bit peculiar, but now, according to a BBC World news report, it seems the survey is correct. Digital downloads have surpassed even physical CD sales!" Update: 11/04 23:35 GMT by S : The BBC story refers to CD single sales, so Mr.McNeill maybe not be quite as right as he thinks, sadly.
Right on. It's all about the convenience of not waving around fragile little plastic discs.
I hate CDs and DVDs so much that I built an IDE RAID-5 1 TB media library server for my home. I rip the DVD/CDs and free myself from the yoke of physical media.
So that's it:
1. Find what the customers want
2. sell it to them
3. Profit!!!
At last, the end of the 1.2.3. jokes. We found the missing part!!!!
Write boring code, not shiny code!
legal music downloads beat sales of 45s and 78s. Woo hoo.
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The music industry is finally catching on.
They have always been on top of things!!! What are you talking about?
They need to give people rights, not restrictions.
How do you want to control people this way??? They are not going to rely on trust, are they? Come on, this is not serious
That is what works.
Selling restrictions sounded more fun!
Why should I pay $16 for an album I can't play on my work computer. What is the point of that.
Well, because they want you to? Come on, these people would declare themselves as a charity if they could. Don't get mistaken by big cigars and leather seats, these people are really poor. They work for the good of humanity. You should owe them money because you exist, because they produce music, for the benefit of all.
I can download whatever I want for free and play it on my work computer or at home and then burn them to disk....hmmmmm, this isn't rocket science.
First, if you do so, you are a thief. A pirate. A terrorist. They could potentially put you in jail forever without trial (based on the patriot act) if they only suspected you on doing such a thing. Sure, the recent lawsuits are just a start.
Second, your term "rocket" implies a fast movement that they are certainly unable to achieve. We would know by now...
$.99 is worth the convenience for a song I really want, but the price must come down if they expect me to buy songs to hear them once and throw them in the trash.
Do you know throwing away a piece of art that they sell could be considered as a felony? Watch your words!
I will pay $.25 for mediocrity.
Well, good for them!!!!
But they will have to pay me listen to some of their crap.
Don't count on it. Have you ever seen a charity giving money away?
Write boring code, not shiny code!
So instead of CDs you put yourself under the yoke of a terabyte RAID. If that doesn't qualify as some major physical media, I don't know what does.
It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.