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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. Re:Meh. Don't buy RIAA regardless of who's selling by FishWithAHammer · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'll buy RIAA member labels' music if it interests me, thank you very much, so long as the CDs themselves are DRM-free (and frankly, even then, so long as it isn't a pain in the ass I'll buy it). I have no real problem with the RIAA suing folks who infringe on their copyrights, so no, I don't think I'll do as you suggest. Thanks for your concern. :-)

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