A Simple Truth - P2P-Zone

RDixon · 27-08-02, 02:52 PM

In the past few months I have read hundreds of articles, reports, essays, etc, on the decline of record sales over the past 2 years and I have yet to see anyone say that just maybe, the pissing off of millions of paying customers by killing Napster had something to do with this downward spirial in sales.

another report

Gutrguy · 27-08-02, 02:56 PM

The music industry is trying to "promote" their way into our wallets, but the fact is, that in the past 2 years there hasnt been very many good new signed/major recording artists and their havent been that many decent cd's made by anyone. make better music and the cd sales might go up.

TankGirl · 27-08-02, 03:05 PM

A good article - thanks for the link, RDixon!

Gotta love Register's sharp style...

Quote:

Despite the music industry's heroic efforts to produce, promote and distribute the finest fruits of American artistic genius, sales of CDs fell seven percent in the first half of 2002, after falling 5.3 per cent overall in 2001, the Recording Industry Ass. of America reports.

Because of the exceptional brilliance and innovation evident in today's pop offerings, discussions of dwindling consumer interest in vapid, predictable cliche products would clearly be out of place. No, the industry is doing everything right, so the only possible explanation for a loss of revenue has got to be the pestilence of Internet piracy.

- tg

Dawn · 27-08-02, 06:02 PM

Well, I have to admit, we stopped buying CD's when I discovered I could download them and simply make my own for just pennies. We have over 100 CD's that were store bought, "pre computer days".

It's my fault. I've sent the music industry into a downward spiral

Merijn · 28-08-02, 04:07 PM

The RIAA needs to look around and see the world - people won't buy crappy music or entire albums for just one song on it for their outrageously high prices.

Why can't they just use their super-duper Overpeer technology or whatever to see what songs get downloaded the most and sell those songs in original form at low-priced, high-quality CDs in record shops? Now wouldn't that be a good idea?

MagicMorpheus · 28-08-02, 04:09 PM

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Originally posted by Merijn
The RIAA needs to look around and see the world - people won't buy crappy music or entire albums for just one song on it for their outrageously high prices.

I did for like 3 years.

27-08-02, 02:52 PM	#1
RDixon Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 3,742	A Simple Truth In the past few months I have read hundreds of articles, reports, essays, etc, on the decline of record sales over the past 2 years and I have yet to see anyone say that just maybe, the pissing off of millions of paying customers by killing Napster had something to do with this downward spirial in sales. another report __________________ Pay no attention to albed. We purposely trained him wrong, as a joke.

27-08-02, 06:02 PM	#4
Dawn R.I.P napho 1-31-16 Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Venus Posts: 16,723	Well, I have to admit, we stopped buying CD's when I discovered I could download them and simply make my own for just pennies. We have over 100 CD's that were store bought, "pre computer days". It's my fault. I've sent the music industry into a downward spiral __________________ I love you napho and I will weep forever..........

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27-08-02, 02:56 PM	#2
Gutrguy Semiblind Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,857	The music industry is trying to "promote" their way into our wallets, but the fact is, that in the past 2 years there hasnt been very many good new signed/major recording artists and their havent been that many decent cd's made by anyone. make better music and the cd sales might go up.

28-08-02, 04:07 PM	#5
Merijn Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: NL Posts: 107	The RIAA needs to look around and see the world - people won't buy crappy music or entire albums for just one song on it for their outrageously high prices. Why can't they just use their super-duper Overpeer technology or whatever to see what songs get downloaded the most and sell those songs in original form at low-priced, high-quality CDs in record shops? Now wouldn't that be a good idea?