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EMI Only Selling CDs To Mega-Chains From Now On

Posted by samzenpus on from the another-brick-in-the-wall dept.

farrellj writes "According to Zeropaid, record company EMI has been notifying small music stores that they will no longer be able to buy EMI CDs from EMI, and will have to buy product from mega-chains like Walmart. Independent record store customers are some of the most loyal music buyers around. You are not going to find the back catalog, what used to be the staple of the music business, at your local Walmart. One wonders when the music business is going to run out of feet to shoot?"

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  1. CDs? by Tenebrousedge · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm 15

    What's a CD?

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    1. Re:CDs? by morghanphoenix · · Score: 5, Funny

      I thought CDs were those coasters AOL used to send you.

    2. Re:CDs? by Itninja · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's a Certificate of Deposit (ask your parents for details). I am still befuddled what this fiduciary tool has to do with EMI...maybe they are going bankrupt.

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  2. Re:What the hell? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You lie! Slashdot reliably informs me that it is fine to pirate music whenever I feel like it, because musicians should make their money from live performances yadda yadda Beethoven yadda yadda player piano lawsuits yadda yadda.

    Now you're saying that doing live performances is very low-earning and doesn't provide a decent income unless you are famous enough to be already filling stadiums. That is just un-possible. Slashdot readers are famous for expertise in business management (which as we know is a lame activity done by jerks that is nowhere near as difficult or intellectual as installing software patches or writing v23332 of the companies timesheet software).