Since you're asserting it's pretty much impossible to quantify the sales lost, are the record companies equally at a loss? I know that for the thousands of MP3 files I've downloaded in the last year or two, I've bought more CDs than ever before. I don't think I'm the exception here. Additionally, many of the files I've collected are live performances, rarities, demos, bootlegs, items out of print etc. and would not be available anywhere else on any other medium at any price. Are those counted as 'lost sales'? Hardly, since the record companies would have no inclination to ever make those items available to artists' fans. To say that more product equals more sales I think is pretty bogus. What about items resold on eBay or Half.com? Record companies don't see a dime of that (even tho' that's not what we're dealing w/here). In short, I think the record companies, the Harry Fox Agency, NBCi et al have the most far reaching, powerfully dynamic and effective marketing tool ever devised by man staring them right in the face and their own greed and stupidity prevents them from recognizing it. Too bad, since the genie's already out of the bottle...
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According to ZDNet today, Intel is chopping the price of the P4 chips by as much as 50% this month, ostensibly to compete with AMD. Now I see the REAL reason: Price equals performance! Chop the speed by half, chop the price! Crazy! Seriously tho, doesn't this happen on many notebooks when they go into power saver mode on battery?
"Microsoft, for example, plans to severely limit the quality of music that can be recorded as an MP3 file..."
Does this mean they'll only allow Tiffany and Backstreet Boys to be converted? What about good music?
Looks more and more like it'll be a Linux world after all!!
Did I read that article correctly in that MS uses a 'social' development process?
"My philosophy is that technology transfer is fundamentally a social process," said Schofield. "So the people I hire spend a good amount of time within the product groups, wandering the hallways..."
Uh, actually, Zeppelin was the master of ripping off other bands. Listen to 'You Need Lovin' by The Small Faces sometime. Plant was completely shameless in his duplication of Steve Marriott - the first true Mod. (Too bad he burnt out so badly, tho'). I'm surprised Zep never got sued. Zep was the Pearl Jam of the 70s, assimilating the commercial aspects of their forebearers into a nice, neat, palatable package without the heart or a concept of what the original music was all about.
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Since you're asserting it's pretty much impossible to quantify the sales lost, are the record companies equally at a loss? I know that for the thousands of MP3 files I've downloaded in the last year or two, I've bought more CDs than ever before. I don't think I'm the exception here. Additionally, many of the files I've collected are live performances, rarities, demos, bootlegs, items out of print etc. and would not be available anywhere else on any other medium at any price. Are those counted as 'lost sales'? Hardly, since the record companies would have no inclination to ever make those items available to artists' fans. To say that more product equals more sales I think is pretty bogus. What about items resold on eBay or Half.com? Record companies don't see a dime of that (even tho' that's not what we're dealing w/here). In short, I think the record companies, the Harry Fox Agency, NBCi et al have the most far reaching, powerfully dynamic and effective marketing tool ever devised by man staring them right in the face and their own greed and stupidity prevents them from recognizing it. Too bad, since the genie's already out of the bottle...
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According to ZDNet today, Intel is chopping the price of the P4 chips by as much as 50% this month, ostensibly to compete with AMD. Now I see the REAL reason: Price equals performance! Chop the speed by half, chop the price! Crazy! Seriously tho, doesn't this happen on many notebooks when they go into power saver mode on battery?
"Microsoft, for example, plans to severely limit the quality of music that can be recorded as an MP3 file..." Does this mean they'll only allow Tiffany and Backstreet Boys to be converted? What about good music? Looks more and more like it'll be a Linux world after all!!
Did I read that article correctly in that MS uses a 'social' development process?
"My philosophy is that technology transfer is fundamentally a social process," said Schofield. "So the people I hire spend a good amount of
time within the product groups, wandering the hallways..."
No wonder it takes years to develop product...
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Uh, actually, Zeppelin was the master of ripping off other bands. Listen to 'You Need Lovin' by The Small Faces sometime. Plant was completely shameless in his duplication of Steve Marriott - the first true Mod. (Too bad he burnt out so badly, tho'). I'm surprised Zep never got sued. Zep was the Pearl Jam of the 70s, assimilating the commercial aspects of their forebearers into a nice, neat, palatable package without the heart or a concept of what the original music was all about.
My 2 bits.