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Posted by Dave Balderstone on 02/10/07 03:03
In article <eqjcce$io5$1@aioe.org>, nospam <nospamatall@iol.ie> wrote:
> Tim McNamara wrote:
> > In article <eqgi7n$2u0$2@reader2.panix.com>, abuse@MIX.COM wrote:
> >
> >> CD sales continue to decline, however, and file downloads of copy-
> >> protected music have not made up the difference. In desperation, the
> >> music companies are rethinking the positions.
> >
> > Too bad, so sad for the recording industry. The reason that CD sales
> > are falling is that the music sucks. If they put out decent music,
> > they'd sell more CDs. But instead they put out crap and nobody buys it.
> > "It must be the pirates' fault! That's it! The public is too stoopid
> > to know that the music we sell is just recycled ABBA over and over
> > again. So if it's not selling, it has to be the pirates!"
> >
> > Arrr!
>
> yes, I mentioned elsewhere tha tthe second-biggest online store in the
> world is selling unprotected music, loads of it. I wonder if this is
> being counted in the figures? And all the other online vendors too? The
> big labels are loosing sales to independents who are using a better
> business model, and the big labels are lying to us about the cause of
> thier decline, and trying to bring in legislation and cripple our
> computers. It's understandable, but should not be tolerated.
Every label that sells CDs is selling unprotected music.
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