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RIAA Says CDs Should Cost More
EatingSteak writes "The folks over at Techdirt just put up a great story today, with the RIAA claiming the cost of a CD has gone down significantly relative to the consumer price index. The RIAA 'Key Facts' page claims that based on the 1983 price of CDs, the 1996 price should have been $33.86. So naturally, you should feel like you're getting a bargain. Sounds an awful lot like the cable companies saying cable prices are really going down even though they're going up."
In 1983, CDs were considered this magical reference format, occupying roughly the same audiophile space now occupied by... vinyl records.
Dude, I think I can see my house from here.
My pirated music collection just tripled in value! I guess it's worth the trouble to back it all up to DVDs now.
Die!-a-RIAA!
The RIAA 'Key Facts' page claims that Based on the 1983 price of CDs, the 1996 price shoUld have been $33.86. So naturaLLy, you SHould feel lIke you're geTting a bargain.
Me, I tagged the story "overpriced".
Property is theft.
... and in the DRM, bind them.
In most cases the cost per ounce of talent gives a DIVISION_BY_ZERO error.
Bad news, a Burger and Coke at Ozzfest is now $175.
I was set to distribute Funny mod points in this topic, but instead felt the need to point somthing out.
The artists are building up tolerance to the drugs they use to come up with the songs, if we, as scientists, simply produce stronger drugs, we should be able to effectively prevent increases in music prices.
Wanna fight ? Bend over, stick your head up your ass, and fight for air.
I remember a guy on TV threw one on the floor and ground it with his foot, all the while cheerfully explaining that it would not be damaged.
"You can't fight in here, this is the war room!"
12 RIAA lackeys have copyrights on all 12 tones of the 12-tone scale. And John Cage's estate has a copyright on the silences between the notes.
Yeah, but they seem to explode when I use my dremel to spin them
http://www.powerlabs.org/cdexplode.htm
And he was telling the truth, because his foot wasn't damaged.
I'm not going to change your sheets again, Mr. Hastings.
Price fixing? Come on man, don't be ludicrous... ...This isn't ExxonMobil that we're talking about here...
Good point, from here on out DVDs will be $40!
their wholly-owned subsidiary members of Congress
That's just silly---no member of Congress is a wholly-owned subsidiary of any one company. Ownership of any member of Congress is a much more complex beast involving many different investors.
Our congressmen can't be bought. They can be rented though.
Yep, me too. You know what I did with it? I went out and bought myself a new CD to listen to on the way to work!
But I only bought it for $12! That means, according to the RIAA's math, they're out 21 bucks! I sure showed those bastards, eh?
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