From the cyberdesk of: Roy Badami
quoted 8 lines Partly, the problem is that the music industry is trying to make too> > Partly, the problem is that the music industry is trying to make too
> > much money out of CD's over here. It's not unusual to pay 13 quid
> > (about 30 dollars) for a UK domestic release on CD!
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Ooops, that should say "about 20 dollars".
> But the point still stands.... we're paying more over here for a full
> price UK release then you are in the US for an imported UK release!
> Cosmic
Can you say "dumping"? Can you say "protectionism"? Unfair trade practices?
Muwwwwwhhhhaaaahahahahaha. What about our US record industry trying to get a
share of the market in the UK? How much more difficult is it for foreign
record interests (outside of the EEC => the US, Japan) to get market share
when you have *artificially* inflated prices at home?
Don't bitch at us about it. Talk to yer "democratic" government for trade
reform. Are EEC-supplied CDs the same price as domestic or are they priced
like the US "imports"? Do you smell a trade tariff? Oh, yeah, the US is
such a world shithead when we consider a trade tariff. 'Cuz those are
nasty and hurt the economies of all youse little countries....sniff sniff...
What would Barney say?
Is the UK unfairly jacking up its CD prices in a *protectionist* act to
hinder the *choice* of the people to purchase US goods? I say yes. And, check
this out, the largest foreign owner of US holdings is *not* Japan, but the
UK. But, then again, they're our buddys, so its OK to get screwed by them.
Seems like the only country that truly espouses "free trade" is the US, and
all the foreigners bitch when the US says "enough". Just wait until Congress
figgers out a way to charge foreign interests a "market access fee".
Oh, you want to sell to US citizens, the largest collection of buyers and
spenders in the world under one roof? Well, hehe, make your check out to
the US Treasury *first*.....
......BAM! oops. Sorry, I just fell off my soapbox. Somebody slap me.
Back to yer regular programming....
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