They allow high quality streaming of ALL the songs from the albums. Then sell HIGH (196kbs) Quality mp3 downloads of the songs for a fraction of the cost of the cd.
Do not worry about people who will never buy, Don't worry about people who only buy CDs. There are many others like me who would rather buy just the songs for a cheaper price. Of course now they will be providing songs that can transmitted to friends and etc. Don't worry about that; those people who would like to download them from friends probably will download them from filesharing utilities.
But what about those who download and then buy the album? If you sell them online cheaper you lose some money right? Yes, yes you do. However, you make a lot more from people who want to pay for the music but can't justify 18 dollars for a cd.
Trying to clamp down and stop honest people from using the music fairly BENEFITS NO ONE. Trying to stop filesharing is like trying to push unused toothpaste back in the tube.
At the risk of sounding cliche don't alienate your base and don't sweat the small stuff!
Were things better for you all along time ago? Maybe. Have things changed? Yes yes they have. Was it overnight? Nope. Will it change back? Not only no but hell no.
This is my first ever post from a long time lurker. Well, here is my two cents, the system of checking your average speed does not work completely. If you stop off and have lunch or if you accelerate for miles then accelerate negatively just before the gate then it doesn't work either. What if you had a device that would tell you if you are speeding? Not control your speed, but simply alert you to the fact that you are 10 + miles over the speed limit? I think that would be helpful. --Joey
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This is free for the RIAA et al. to adopt:
They allow high quality streaming of ALL the songs from the albums. Then sell HIGH (196kbs) Quality mp3 downloads of the songs for a fraction of the cost of the cd.
Do not worry about people who will never buy, Don't worry about people who only buy CDs. There are many others like me who would rather buy just the songs for a cheaper price. Of course now they will be providing songs that can transmitted to friends and etc. Don't worry about that; those people who would like to download them from friends probably will download them from filesharing utilities.
But what about those who download and then buy the album? If you sell them online cheaper you lose some money right? Yes, yes you do. However, you make a lot more from people who want to pay for the music but can't justify 18 dollars for a cd.
Trying to clamp down and stop honest people from using the music fairly BENEFITS NO ONE. Trying to stop filesharing is like trying to push unused toothpaste back in the tube.
At the risk of sounding cliche don't alienate your base and don't sweat the small stuff!
Were things better for you all along time ago? Maybe. Have things changed? Yes yes they have. Was it overnight? Nope. Will it change back? Not only no but hell no.
--Joey
For 3600 dollars you can get a good used car in the year 1965.
--Joey
Hehe...I usually add..."de LAS MUERTAS" in a scary tone of voice to little 4 year olds.
--Joey
Pouncing on webcastings has probably been in their plans for a long time, isn't their mission statement: CARP DEM?
--Joey
A high-speed burner can copy 800 megabytes of data in just a few minutes.
Really? Mine can only to 700mb.
--Joey
I want the lyrics for all the songs, especially this one, but ask jeeves didn't give me anything good. --Joey
This is my first ever post from a long time lurker. Well, here is my two cents, the system of checking your average speed does not work completely. If you stop off and have lunch or if you accelerate for miles then accelerate negatively just before the gate then it doesn't work either. What if you had a device that would tell you if you are speeding? Not control your speed, but simply alert you to the fact that you are 10 + miles over the speed limit? I think that would be helpful. --Joey