iTunes finishes 2007 as second biggest US music retailer

"No doubt part of the problem is that downloads are typically sold one or two songs at a time, versus an entire CD."
well maybe if music artists came of with cds that have 20 good songs not just one out of 20 then maybe ppl would buy the whole cd

Originally posted by PetahG:

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"No doubt part of the problem is that downloads are typically sold one or two songs at a time, versus an entire CD."
well maybe if music artists came of with cds that have 20 good songs not just one out of 20 then maybe ppl would buy the whole cd

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see now you hit the nail on the head, the music sucks because its about profit over talent now and as the article states digital sales are through the roof but falling sales are due to songs being sold individually because albums are filled with crap other than one or two songs, but the rhetoric of the RIAA would have you believe that digital sales were none existent due to rampant piracy, not that the RIAA/IFPI, ect have annoyed consumers by forcing anti consumer tactics on everyone with payola scams denying play time for independent music, DRM, global price fixing by regional credit card payments, just as region coding is used on dvd and blu-ray to fix prices, price fixing between studios, stealing from artists, suing 12 year old kids, lying to the media, constant lobbying of anti consumer bills, the DMCA (need i say more) and the list goes on and on.

Thank you RIAA/MPAA for constantly screwing over the consumer now you reap your karma 10 fold.

links:

RIAA Claims Ownership of All Artist Royalties For Internet Radio

RIAA Wants Songwriter Royalty Lowered

Radiohead: Artists often screwed by digital downloads


but what does yelling piracy allow, well......... this is why most ppl that willing to sacrifice more of their liberties by allowing isp's to utilise deep packet inspection to help the fight piracy (insert sarcasm here)! but encrypted p2p traffic cannot be identified by deep packet inspection so WHY?

Well now... governments have the ability to easily obtain data of all you web activity, emails, instant messaging, EVERYTHING, ect, in the name of combating terrorism and you are freely allowing them to get away with this!

what are they upto, click for comedy view?

Control a population by keeping them scared, and the ppl will allow this to happen freely, using paedophiles, piracy and terrorism to spy and monitor every aspect of your lives!


MediaDefender Parent Company Facing Liquidation

Originally posted by hyperlink:

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After suffering humiliation at the hands of a hacker in 2007, the future of anti-piracy company MediaDefender is in serious doubt. Its parent company, ARTISTdirect, has called in a team of specialists to “assist in the exploration of strategic alternatives.” That’ll be alternatives to liquidation, then.

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People still buy music O_o?

Originally posted by 21Q:

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People still buy music O_o?

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lol

i agree with petahG tohught there some artist wich deserve to be paid, osme others expect to sell a whole cd for only one good song

Lmao I haven't boughten any songs period in like 6 years...

I read the Radiohead artists often screwed over by digital downloads article. Radiohead claims that they made more money off their In Rainbows album than from every other album they released combined. Anyone who wished to download their DRM-free album from their site had the option of paying the band whatever they wanted (even nothing) for it. About one third of the people who downloaded the album paid nothing and the average payment was £4 ($8 US). They also sold a physical CD and vinyl set of their album as well. That just goes to show how much artists are being screwed over by major record labels when they can make a lot more profit distributing their album themselves on the cheap. Gotta love Radiohead for what they're doing.

now i'm conflicted. which money-hungry corporate pig do i hate least? having been called an analogue-phile in another forum, i hate itunes for killing my beloved cd. but then again, it's hard not to hate walmart just as much.

i agree whole-heartedly with inagasake about radiohead. it's so great when people stand up to the corporations that are doing their best to kill the music industry. although, i can't help but think that the commercial success of "in rainbows" might be because of the increased publicity due to its less-than-traditional release.

Still comming second is not that bad in the long run it is still one f the widest used online shps used world wide. They should be proud of that.