Even simpler solution...
But first we have to ask why the RIAA et al are doing this.
They aren't making enough money.
Why aren't they making enough money?
CD sales are falling.
Why are CD sales falling?
Now here is the real question. The RIAA would have us believe that piracy and in particular *file sharing* are taking huge chunks out of their profits. This answer is BOGUS!
The real reason for the decline in CD sales is not so clear cut.
The first and most obvious reason is that they are TOO EXPENSIVE and people are getting clued up to the fact. If CDs were cheaper, more would sell. It's so simple, almost a no-brainer. I would much rather listen to CD quality music than MP3 any day and twice on Sundays (then again I would rather listen to vinyl)
off topic
When was the last time you went to a club and heard the DJ playing his set from an MP3 list?
Have you ever compared the sound quality from a decent vinyl turn-table to a CD? Try CD to MP3, MP3 to steamed audio...
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But while they are too expensive, I will boycott buying CDs.
File sharing isn't the problem. I have downloaded many pieces of music, listened to them, and then either trashed them or gone out to look for a record by the artist/s. Most of the people I know who download music do the same. Admittedly, there are people who don't and only download the music. This does not hit CD sales as these people would not buy them anyway (unless of course the price was fair).
Piracy is different. Producing "bootleg" or clone discs of a similar if not as-good quality and selling the product at a substantially reduced price. Often the consumer is unaware that they are buying a pirated copy, often they are, but it is these sales that impact RIAA bottom line.
IMO the major reason the CD sales are falling has nothing to do with piracy...
the ral answer is...
It is the Sub-Par. Low-Quality, Faceless, Dross devoid of any artistic merit that the major labels insist on flooding the airways with.
So the even simper solution is.
Better music would sell more...
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Even simpler solution...
But first we have to ask why the RIAA et al are doing this.
They aren't making enough money.
Why aren't they making enough money?
CD sales are falling.
Why are CD sales falling?
Now here is the real question. The RIAA would have us believe that piracy and in particular *file sharing* are taking huge chunks out of their profits. This answer is BOGUS!
The real reason for the decline in CD sales is not so clear cut.
The first and most obvious reason is that they are TOO EXPENSIVE and people are getting clued up to the fact. If CDs were cheaper, more would sell. It's so simple, almost a no-brainer. I would much rather listen to CD quality music than MP3 any day and twice on Sundays (then again I would rather listen to vinyl)
off topic
When was the last time you went to a club and heard the DJ playing his set from an MP3 list?
Have you ever compared the sound quality from a decent vinyl turn-table to a CD? Try CD to MP3, MP3 to steamed audio...
/off topic
But while they are too expensive, I will boycott buying CDs.
File sharing isn't the problem. I have downloaded many pieces of music, listened to them, and then either trashed them or gone out to look for a record by the artist/s. Most of the people I know who download music do the same. Admittedly, there are people who don't and only download the music. This does not hit CD sales as these people would not buy them anyway (unless of course the price was fair).
Piracy is different. Producing "bootleg" or clone discs of a similar if not as-good quality and selling the product at a substantially reduced price. Often the consumer is unaware that they are buying a pirated copy, often they are, but it is these sales that impact RIAA bottom line.
IMO the major reason the CD sales are falling has nothing to do with piracy...
the ral answer is...
It is the Sub-Par. Low-Quality, Faceless, Dross devoid of any artistic merit that the major labels insist on flooding the airways with.
So the even simper solution is.
Better music would sell more...