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Originally Posted by ianathuth
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?
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You will always get people breaking the law.
Downloading mp3s is like speeding, Its a law that a large percentage of the population break and something that people dont necessarily look down on.
I would always prefer to have a real cd for quality, I have an expensive sound system and recorded Cds dont cut it. Of course some people will never buy a CD but that isnt my problem, it theirs.
Exactly how much money are they going to waste trying to enforce the unenforcable............and ending piracy which has been happening since god knows when, and will continue to happen long into the future. What is the point at throwing money into to the wind, when they could reduce the prices and make their product more atractive to the average consumer.
Renting a retail unit.........can cost a fortune but its generally companies such as HMV or Virgin (never ever buy CDs from here as they are at least £3 more than Tesco or Asda) that rent these spaces, a large proportion of advertising is done by HMV, Virgin, Asda, Tesco, Woolworths, how many adverts for albums do you actually see that arent advertising a shop to purchase it, not many personally.
Personally im not that fussed about high street music retailers, if they rip us off, they will go bust, they will need to examine themselves and make themselves more competative to survive. At least Tesco and Asda are pushing CD Prices down to £8.99 which proves prices can be lower.
All a lot of companies need to do is fire a few pen pushing executives and they will save millions a year.