Slashdot | The Music Business and the Internet. Many links discussing the US music industry holding a press conference claiming that people are copying music rather than buying it. I think people are getting sick of hearing it. If CDs were cheap, who would ever pirate them?
It costs AUD$2 or less for a good blank CD, but AUD$30+ to purchase an album. Even singles have risen to AUD$10+ ...for what, three or four tracks? We already know that the artists get a pitiful amount of money off sales; certainly nothing like the amount the labels rake in. The price of CDs was meant to fall in Australia after the GST was introduced, but I certainly haven't seen it.
The artists and fans have been footing the bill, so why did the industry ever imagine there was any loyalty to the labels? They've said loud and clear "fuck you" for years. So now the fans and artists can deal directly; they're saying "fuck you" right back.
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