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CD-Rs and MP3s Not Hurting Record Sales

Posted by michael on from the duh dept.

David Gerard writes "Forget the industry shills' spin - the numbers prove that, for Australia, CD-Rs and MP3s are not hurting record sales in the slightest - based on a recent Australian Record Industry Association survey. It would be interesting to see what the numbers for the US or UK say."

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  1. Before or after??? by blankmange · · Score: 4, Funny
    "It would be interesting to see what the numbers for the US or UK say."

    Before or after the numbers were manipulated by the RIAA?

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  2. RIAA Bashing by _RidG_ · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hate the RIAA as much as the next guy (if not more so), but I do believe that we should look at some numbers for US before wholly condemning the organization...yet again ;). I mean, after all, a single country, such as Australia, is not necessarily indicative of burning/buying patterns in US...although it seems that similar trends can be seen in numerous other regions...and after exercising common sense...and...

    ...*pauses to think*...

    God dammit, RIAA. I can't even think of ways to defend you. Stop lying to us, you bastards! Stop with the "you are destroying your favorite artists" Jewish-mom guilt trips! Even if it were true (which it is not), and our "favorite artists" (by whom they apparently mean Brittney Spears and her ilk) will be unable to buy yet another $2 million sports car, then I think I will still be able to soundly fall asleep at night.

    *Sigh* As an act of protest, I'm going to go out and send an angry e-mail to RIAA, coloring it a vehement red. I am sure they will read it carefully and alter their corporate policies, thus ceasing to be a terrible cesspool of biomatter waste. *rolls eyes*

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  3. Re:I use P2P instead of MTV to inform myself by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hate the MTV moderators for being alive!

    It looks like you misspelled 'Slashdot'.

  4. Re:mp3s helped my sales! by Negatyfus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dude! Great way to unconspicuously promote your band! If I had a band I would be so mentioning my band in every sentence of my Slashdot post! What a good idea to direct people to two death metal MP3's free for download. Heh.

  5. Re:Uhhh ARIA said different. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well, with a beautiful chick, you can stand to look down.