When will record companies learn?
28-02-2005, 08:58
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When will record companies learn?
Record companys want to raise the price of music downloads
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Some leading music labels are in talks with online retailers to raise wholesale prices for digital music downloads in an attempt to capitalise on burgeoning demand for legal online music. The moves, which suggest the labels want a bigger slice of the fledgling market's spoils, has angered Steve Jobs, the Apple Computer chief executive behind the iTunes online music store.
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This is so typical. iTunes and Napster have finally stalled the amount of online privacy, more and more people are buying music online and that is no small task considering people used to get tracks for free!
But record companys refuse to learn from the past  . They were happy to charge far over the odds for CD's which helped fuel the amount of online privacy in the first place. They made sure that if people wanted one song they would have to buy a album (look how many 'Greatest Hits' albums leave out one or two of there biggest tracks to get people to buy more albums). Now they want to raise the price of online music downloads but continue to sue people who go and download music illegally.
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28-02-2005, 09:05
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Re: When will record companys learn?
You're right. The extauchinate price of CDs is what fuelled online music piracy. They'll just fuel it all over again.
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28-02-2005, 11:26
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Re: When will record companys learn?
History circles back round, and hopefully bites those greedy ba****ds right in the dangly bits. They have been price gouging customers in stores since cd's hit the shelves. Not that people are getting a product they want for a reasonable price, and not defrauding the industry for it, thay want to hike the prices again. Screw the greedy, money grabbing scumbags. I hope they all go broke.
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28-02-2005, 11:29
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Re: When will record companys learn?
I think a cd of Franz Ferdinand for £7.50 in ASDA's is well worth the price. Only if it was standard all over the place and not deal of the week kind of thing.
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28-02-2005, 11:33
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Re: When will record companys learn?
This really annoys me!!
WE should have the power to decide formats and dictate the music industry, NOT the suits. The more they try to control us, the more we'll rebel.
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28-02-2005, 11:36
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Re: When will record companys learn?
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Originally Posted by TigaSefi
I think a cd of Franz Ferdinand for £7.50 in ASDA's is well worth the price. Only if it was standard all over the place and not deal of the week kind of thing.
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£8.97 I think. But there is a very real issue with supermarkets cherry picking known bankers, piling them high and selling them cheap (well cheaper). It stifles diversity and creativity. What's also worrying is that supermarkets are getting involved in the creative process - working with labels to minimise risk in the development of new artists - and, in the States, censoring artists (labels have to produce Walmart friendly versions of releases in case the odd swear word upsets customers as they unpack their bags of personal ammunition!).
As for trying to increase online charging; it'll only backfire on them as legal downloaders return to Bearshare etc. They are thick, greedy sods!
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28-02-2005, 11:43
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Re: When will record companys learn?
No no it was 7.50  it says so on my bank statement. However piling it high and selling it cheap does no one any favours. The amount of good new unheard of music coming through in the last 5 years of this new century have been appalling compared to the rich vibrant stuff of the 90's. Seems a lot of ppl think all the american BS of "RnB's" are the way to go and it just appalling music.
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28-02-2005, 14:01
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Re: When will record companys learn?
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Originally Posted by Damien
Record companys want to raise the price of music downloads
This is so typical. iTunes and Napster have finally stalled the amount of online privacy, more and more people are buying music online and that is no small task considering people used to get tracks for free!
But record companys refuse to learn from the past . They were happy to charge far over the odds for CD's which helped fuel the amount of online privacy in the first place. They made sure that if people wanted one song they would have to buy a album (look how many 'Greatest Hits' albums leave out one or two of there biggest tracks to get people to buy more albums). Now they want to raise the price of online music downloads but continue to sue people who go and download music illegally.
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Looks like peer to peer then  Fee of charge on there.
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28-02-2005, 14:37
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Re: When will record companys learn?
You know what to do....
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28-02-2005, 14:48
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Re: When will record companys learn?
Dam right!
Although i think apple will absorb the cost to keep their prices at 0.79p otherwise they will annoy their customers
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05-03-2005, 14:55
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Re: When will record companies learn?
Middle men are the scum of the earth, "they reap not neither do they sow" they buy at one price (the lowest they can screw from the producer) and sell at the highest they can think of. If anyone dares to challenge this they employ the slickest lawyers to take court actions of mind blowing cost to frighten off any potential competition and then raise the price of the product (a non tangible asset) to offset legal costs !!!!
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05-03-2005, 16:22
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Re: When will record companies learn?
A fiver is well ample, no more
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05-03-2005, 17:25
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Re: When will record companies learn?
i think that 0.79p a song or 7.99 to £10 is fair.
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05-03-2005, 17:58
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Re: When will record companies learn?
Nah it is still to much, they cost bugger all to make, fiver, I go to amazon as the prices are such a bargain!
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05-03-2005, 18:03
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Yeah. Amazons prices are fair around 8.49. (then 2.50 for P&P). Although they cost little to make, you are paying for the music. ALso there are a lot of special edition cds now. I order Kaiser cheifs album off amazin and i get a live CD and a lot of other little stuff
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