Posted by Paul Sture on 02/09/07 06:51

In article <timmcn-83FAD2.21424508022007@news.iphouse.com>,
Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> 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!"
>

Don't forget the part that dumbing down radio stations with recommended
playlists has in this. The last CD I bought as a result of hearing a new
(to me) artist on mainstream radio was in 2001.

--
Paul Sture

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