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Stuart · 21-06-2009, 21:07

Actually there is some evidence to suggest that the main problem for the record companies is simply that in the past, people were happy to buy albums even though they only liked one or two tracks (indeed, they would have to if one of the tracks was album only). Now, people can buy a lot more tracks individually, so where someone may have had to pay £9.99 or £15.99 to get those 1 or 2 two tracks, they are paying £0.79 per track now.

Even though the costs for physical media are greater, that is still substancially less money for the record company.

21-06-2009, 21:07	#5
Stuart - Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Somewhere Services: Virgin for TV and Internet, BT for phone Posts: 26,546	Re: Top 40 faces new digital shake-up Actually there is some evidence to suggest that the main problem for the record companies is simply that in the past, people were happy to buy albums even though they only liked one or two tracks (indeed, they would have to if one of the tracks was album only). Now, people can buy a lot more tracks individually, so where someone may have had to pay £9.99 or £15.99 to get those 1 or 2 two tracks, they are paying £0.79 per track now. Even though the costs for physical media are greater, that is still substancially less money for the record company.