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Music Downloads = Expensive Concerts?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the shaft-the-listener dept.

melonman writes "According to an article at BBC News, $250 tickets for the latest Madonna tour are the fault of P2P file sharing. 'Before the advent of illegal downloads, artists had an incentive to underprice their concerts, because bigger audiences translated into higher record sales, Professor Krueger argues. But now, he says, the link between the two products has been severed, meaning that artists and their managers need to make more money from concerts and feel less constrained in setting ticket prices.' And it seems David Bowie agrees. Is 'the fans always get fleeced' the rock industry's equivalent to Moore's Law?"

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  1. Logic Error by richdun · · Score: 5, Funny

    Music Downloads = Expensive Concerts?

    Well if you put it that way, of course it'll be true. This is a common mistake with the assignment operator. What you meant to say was "Music Downloads == Expensive Concerts?" This will test to see if the statement is true, then return.

  2. Is that all? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    She'd have to do way more than sing for $250...

  3. In other news... by Mateo_LeFou · · Score: 5, Funny
    Record industry execs announce that all music will be in C major or A minor from now on.

    "We hate to do it, 'cause the fans really have enjoyed the other key signatures. But we can't afford black keys on our pianos anymore. Sorry. It's 'cause of piracy. So really it's the listeners' fault."

    Please use RIAA radar to avoid giving these tools another cent, ever.

    --
    My turnips listen for the soft cry of your love
  4. Re:If Madonna prices it, they will buy... by Paradise+Pete · · Score: 5, Funny
    I wish i could fix my typo and score a 5

    Well, if that 5 is a typo and you meant to type a 1, then congratulations, you've succeeded.

  5. Re:If Madonna prices it, they will buy... by Asphalt · · Score: 3, Funny
    If it's not, and you really like Madonna, then stay home and jerk off to the cover of your old vinyl copy of the "Like a Virgin" LP. You'll probably get just as much out of the experience.

    True. But at the concert, someone else cleans up the mess.

  6. At $250 I better get laid by Madonna @ the concert by doodlebumm · · Score: 3, Funny

    Really, what concert is worth $250?!?!?!?! Especially with all the crap you have to put up with to go to it - parking, crowds, rude people. The last concert I went to made me realize how much I hate a concert. The guy next to me (and sort of in line with my view of the stage) was standing up dancing around with his butt in my face and flinging his arms in the air almost hitting me a couple of times. I asked him if he was going to stand up the whole concert. He turned to me and said, "Probably!" Well, I have a whistle that is about 135dB (with my fingers in my mouth, not an actual "device") At the end of the next two songs (with gayguy still dancing around) when everyone was screaming at the top of their lungs, I whistled the very loudest I could. They guy then got up and moved, and I stopped whistling. the rest of the concert was much better. Still, having to resort to that made me regret going to concerts.