On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:11:53 -0400, NP-f31 wrote:
>Dear Kittens and Tungboy,
>
>I can see both sides of the issue on this matter. And here is why:
>
>First, I absolutely believe in rewarding hard work and talent. I am
>one of the few people who still buys CDs. If I like an artist, I get
>all of their CDs, and I go see their concerts. Neil Young alone has
>almost bankrupted me.
However, I resent the hell out of the big record companies getting
together and conspiring to artificially keep CD prices too high. And
yes, the US Court of Law found them guilty of doing just that. It
might be a little different if the artists were actually getting a
reasonable amount of the sales -- but they get pennies per CD, which
now costs pennies to produce, leaving the record companies to make $15
pure profit from sales. The companies were ordered to allow the price
of new CD's to come down to a more natural Supply-Demand type price,
and yet I never really saw the prices come down. Sure, you can get
shit CD's for next to nothing, and older CD's for a reasonable price
-- but then they come along and throw a few bonus tracks on an old
album and charge you full price to buy it despite the fact that you
already had the original version!
I buy Libera CD's. And sometimes I'll buy a used CD. Hell, I even
ordered the Hard Romantic CD with Liam O'Kane from Japan -- the
shipping cost more than the CD! And the CD was over $20 US. But I'm
through letting the record companies screw me.
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