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Originally Posted by themelon
I dont actually use P2P for whatever illegal purposes but can sympathise with those who do.
As for stealing.........Fat executives are taking something (£10000 0 salaries) without working for it the artists do and only get £4 for every CD, so what goes around comes around.
They need to take a good hard look at the industry as a whole....and tackle the cause of problems.
I would actually say mp3 downloads actually boost the music industry more than damage it, I actually know people who have downloaded a few mp3s, enjoyed them and then gone out and brought the album, as at the end of the day you cant beat the real thing (CD Insert etc). It allows for a try before you buy, as opposed to buying a crap CD and being stuck with it.
Maybe they should look at reducing their prices, making it more competative, I have no doubt the majority would rather the real thing but they will not pay a premium to keep various fat executives in the latest armarni atire.
The same as everything really...........poorly managed making a CD say £5.99 would make sales go through the roof, piracy would become unsustainable and die but while they continue to rip people off piracy will always remain and be sucessful.
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If CDs only cost £1 each you would still get some people saying it was a rip off and continue to download copies of them.
You quite often see people claiming they have thousands of mp3s on their computer, there was a thread on here not long back asking how to organise them on their system. Are these all legal and did they go out and buy copies as a result of downloading them. I bet they have never listened to most of them.
You don't appear to comprehend how many people rely on sales of music for their living. There are far more than the artists themselves and your fat executives. Do you know how much it can cost to rent a retail unit in a prime shopping location, staff it and pay the overheads. A large percentage of the cost is retail margin and anyone selling through the high street and shopping malls needs that margin to survive. Do you want to see the end of high street retail music?