Music Downloads & RIAA

[mobo57]

Looks like the RIAA is full of bull:
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994831

[Vampiel]

Nice article, by Harvard Business School in Massachusetts to which was just rated as the best state for advanced colleges. What the RIAA is overlooking is that most people that d/l music are not going to buy the CD even if they didnt d/l it. They say, oh well X amount of people d/l'd this song so we lost X amount of money, when they actual number of people that would have payed $20 just for that one song is much lower.

Im not saying that applies to everyone, so the amount they lose is still significant, but with the amount of money they are pouring into fighting a losing battle, at this point they are just wasting money. The ppl that are still d/ling are going to get it one way or another. I think most ppl that are going to buy songs are getting them off $1/song sites now instead of kazza.

[Johnny Fist]

I think that anyone paying for mp3s is a fool.

[urdvurk]

I disagree. However I do think anybody who pays more than $25 for a cd (which is what they cost here) is a fool.

[RayH]

What's hurting music sales is the cost of the music. CDs are quite frankly overpriced. The 99 cent download are pretty cool. It's fast and reasonably price. It's just that not everything is available.

P2P still has a role in obtaining the out of print. Despite all the rambling of the RIAA, they discovered that a lot of the music they thought was "dead" still has quite a following. They resurrected a lot of "old folks" music!

[FrnchDp]

Originally posted by RayH
.. They resurrected a lot of "old folks" music!

They did that by releasing overpriced box-sets with a best of cd and a picture book with 2 pics in it!!.. I tell ya, whne will they ever learn...

[DVOM]

Originally posted by Johnny Fist
I think that anyone paying for mp3s is a fool.

I don't know about other "pay-for" sites, but WalMart is using a wma format. The few songs I tried were alot higher quality than any mp3's I've heard.

[FrnchDp]

Originally posted by DVOM
I don't know about other "pay-for" sites, but WalMart is using a wma format. The few songs I tried were alot higher quality than any mp3's I've heard.

and they have em for 88c

[j.m@talk]

Originally posted by Johnny Fist
I think that anyone paying for mp3s is a fool.

Dang right )-|

[themac]

Originally posted by RayH
What's hurting music sales is the cost of the music. CDs are quite frankly overpriced. The 99 cent download are pretty cool. It's fast and reasonably price. It's just that not everything is available.

P2P still has a role in obtaining the out of print. Despite all the rambling of the RIAA, they discovered that a lot of the music they thought was "dead" still has quite a following. They resurrected a lot of "old folks" music!

also the ungodly high quality of the files really makes it worth it.

[RayH]

I was one of the early crew to get onto Napster. I think it was 10 days old when I learned about it. One-third of the Napster downloaders were over 50! I was downloading because certain music wasn't available at any price.

I still hunt around for out of print. Some stuff I like wasn't in print much when it was around.