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Originally Posted by scastle
I think the problem comes because the Record industry cannot prove you do or don't have the vinyl copy (after all, all they see from the companies that monitor the file sharing networks is a list of IPs and what files they were sharing).
I personally have no problem with people downloading music if they have already bought it (there have been a few times when I have bought an Album or Single, and over the years, it has been damaged so I just downloaded the songs to my PC).
The problem is that the record companies (and media companies in general) directly or indirectly employ a lot of people. OK, the money goes to the studio staff, the band and band's management (not to mention the bosses of the record company). However, the record company also employes possibly thousands (or even tens of thousands) of support staff, ranging from cleaners & office staff through to the managrment. Not to mention the companys they use (video production, CD pressing, printing, marketing). These company all employ people (again, sometimes a few, sometimes thousands). People need to be paid.
Not expensive if you look around.
True, although the retail version of Nero has a lot of features that may not be bundled in the OEM version (for instance, the OEM version of Nero we have at work lacks the Video Editing stuff and Nero Recode, which my full version has).
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But if a record company is re-releasing product on which it has already recouped its investment then that shoulkd be reflected in pricing. So cost should be manufacturing, royalties, marketing, distribution plus a sensible margin. That is certainly not the case. As for the jobs argument, well, in a capitalist economy, companies/people will gravitate towards the lowest cost option. Downloading, legal or illegal, will result in job losses as the distribution chain is significantly shortened. If you look at the travel industry you'll see many, many high street retail closures and job losses because so many people now research and book online. Industries need to adapt to new technologies and the music biz has been remarkably slow to react.
I buy DVDs from Play etc but still think £11 (as opposed to £15-16 on the high street) is expensive.
There are two OEM versions of Nero. I've gone for the cheaper one with less functionality. The more expensive one, which I think includes the functionality your talking of, costs a wallet-emptying £8.49
