I heard something on the radio this morning about a court order forcing
the big wigs in the music industry to lower the prices of cd's by at least
$5...
of course the industry is in a complete tizzy.
somebody actually had the gall to say that a 1700% markup on the cost of
manufacture is "price fixing"!! now the poor dears will have to cope with
a mere 1200% markup.
poor poor WEA, poor poor Sony.
--
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On Fri, 19 May 2000, Shimone Samuel wrote:
quoted 27 lines I think this here point is what stands out above everything else. The simple
> I think this here point is what stands out above everything else. The simple
> fact that there is NO REASON for a cd to cost $16.99 !! Especially since the
> amount of money from each transaction that trickles down to the artists is
> SO minimal it boggles the mind. I like what Emusic has going with selling
> MP3 albums for $8.99 but I'm really bummed not getting the cover art. As
> stated in my original post : "Once the industry figures out how to get their
> 'cut' this will all be over....."
>
> shimone
>
>
> "Brian, from inside his own brain" wrote:
>
> >
> > One last thing concerning mp3s and the record industry. It's high time
> > this happened! As long as record companies continue to sell a 48-minute
> > cd for $16.99 after they've only spent $1-2 on production costs, then
> > expect us to buy the entire CD for one hit single, I don't feel guilt
> > about pulling an mp3 off the net. If they want to play the game of
> > greed, I'll play, too.
>
>
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