Music sales slide despite RIAA's crushing blows against pir...

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[jhu]

yes, kind of like how they coerced (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051230-5871.html) a witness into testifiying for them?

[SiliconAddict]

"The more you tighten your grip, Tark, the more star systems will slip through your fingers" - Princess Leia Organa

"HA HA" - Nelson Muntz

[RichP]

"HA HA" - Nelson Muntz

"Hey RIAA, all the music you release sux! HA HA"

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Honestly, most new music just isnt worth the rather crazy 20 dollars they charge for a CD! If CDs werent so expensive now, I would be much more open to:

-Buy albums rather than tracks on iTunes
-Take chances with CDs I am unfamiliar with

[mkrishnan]

As someone who buys legal music, both in electronic and CD format, I would like to see the RIAA burn in hell.

[bousozoku]

I'd like to see the numbers. In the last few years, sales in dollar figures have dropped while unit figures have risen. Of course, since this last year that the big companies pressed retail outlets into charging more, it wouldn't be surprising to me that all figures went down.

I buy a CD (maybe I should say optical disc) now and then. I rip my music at a much higher rate, so iTMS isn't much of an option for me. It's annoying to get something that has any copy protection, even if it doesn't apply to Mac users, since there is more of a possibility that something has gone wrong because of general messing in the details.

It's sad that the people in the big offices just don't get it. I don't think that anyone would steal (well, hopefully), if they thought they could actually afford it.

[zap2]

I don't think that anyone would steal (well, hopefully), if they thought they could actually afford it.


Well as much as i hate the RIAA they are the law(for now) and if one cant afford the music then one should not buy the music.

Same thing with a TV, if i want a Plasma Tv but don't have the $$$ should i steal it? No, i should save up.

[ethernet76]

"Hey RIAA, all the music you release sux! HA HA"

Honestly, most new music just isnt worth the rather crazy 20 dollars they charge for a CD! If CDs werent so expensive now, I would be much more open to:

-Buy albums rather than tracks on iTunes
-Take chances with CDs I am unfamiliar with

Where are you buying music that it's 20 dollars? Most new albums are 14 dollars or less at Target.

Honestly I don't have a problem with the lawsuits. You wouldn't steal a CD from a store. Don't steal music online. If you think the price is too high, there are other non-RIAA companies that put out a lot of great music. It isn't that hard to find.

And if all else fails there is always the radio.

[narco]

I can imagine all of these RIAA suits looking up to the skies and damning the internet with clenched fists. These are people who profit off of the talent of other people.

The easier it is for "amateurs" to record their music at home and promote themselves via-the internet, the less relevant the RIAA becomes.

Music videos were good because the music could totally blow but as long as people saw a pretty face, nobody cared. Now that nobody plays music videos anymore, average people with real talent have a shot again.

They tighten their grips because they know they're slipping -- and it's about freakin' time.

Fishes,
narco.

[shamino]

See also today's User Friendly (http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20060102).

[cgratti]

With the cost of CDs, they practically invite piracy. No 15 year old kid has $20 a week to spend on CDs. So they download...

[bousozoku]

Where are you buying music that it's 20 dollars? Most new albums are 14 dollars or less at Target.

Honestly I don't have a problem with the lawsuits. You wouldn't steal a CD from a store. Don't steal music online. If you think the price is too high, there are other non-RIAA companies that put out a lot of great music. It isn't that hard to find.

And if all else fails there is always the radio.

Unfortunately, a lot of mall stores are selling music discs for $18-$20. Even Target raised prices about $2 each last year, under pressure.

There are plenty of groups out there waiting to be discovered and you can download at least some of their music for free legally.

I just don't consider most of the music worth buying or pirating. I've been buying more Japanese music lately and with CCCD potentially going away, I'll stick with Japanese music.

[1macker1]

Best buy and Circuit City usually has new releases on sale the first week for 9 bucks. I've yet to see a new release for 20.