Posted by NRen2k5 on 02/09/07 23:24

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!

And not only is the music crap, but because of the loudness war and
their desire to push DVDA and SACD on us, the record labels are
compressing the life out of the music.

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