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HMV Canada Cuts Music CD Prices

Posted by kdawson on from the signs-of-sanity dept.

umStefa notes a CBC story reporting that the largest music retailer in Canada, HMV, has slashed prices on CDs and is attributing the move to demand by customers for lower prices. The back catalog of popular artists will see price cuts of up to 33%; the cuts average 20% across the board. The Canadian version of the RIAA is spinning the news as being a direct result of music piracy.

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  1. CD == Rotary Phones by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I can kind of remember what it was like to use a rotary phone back in the 70s. That is how CDs are starting to feel. I think it has been around 5 years since the last time I stepped foot in a record store like Tower.

    I have so much music pirated now it will easily take me the next few years to actually listen to it all.

    My favorite gift these days? A 500 gig harddrive dup of one of my music drives to friends.

    Nothing but love from me to you RIAA!