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Originally Posted by ianathuth
You make a very good point you make there. It has been mentioned that people download music illegally because it is too dear but in doing so they are probably being responsible for the price being so high.
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Seems interesting the way record companies always try and spout this rubbish to the consumer.
I dont believe record companies are really losing anything from mp3 downloads, in fact in a way I belive they are gaining. Im not going to spend money on an Album unless I like it, supposing I download a few mp3s I like I and many others are likely to invest in the album...........pure and simple its better quality and you get the full package.
The only money they lose, is the money they waste on trying to stop mp3 downloads.
They will NEVER stop Piracy in whatever form it exists, the people who dont buy genuine records now, will never buy records in the future, whether they download from the web or buy from the dodgy bloke in the white transit wrecker.
All the record companies can do is make their product more attractive to the (in the main) law abiding mass market.........the obvious way to do this is make it cheaper, if this means the redundancies of a few fat cat directors who are jobsworths then good............maybe they will get a proper job!
If they succeed in their battle against the illegal mp3..........I hope it backfires on them and some big record companies go under..........maybe then they will wake up and smell the coffee its the 21st century.