[BC] Re: music industry woes

[Mike McCarthy]

Agreed.  Hard media is but one means to obtain content.  Maybe the record 
companies should position their product as higher quality/better bit rate 
than reduced bitrate downloaded product.  Then they might have snowball's 
chance in hell to charge a premium price for the product.

MM

At 09:42 AM 10/22/2007 -0400, nakayle at gmail.com wrote
>As a kid I bought my 45s at 79¢ a pop at Woolworths.  I thought I was
>being robbed when they went up to 98 cents.
>
>Fact is, I wouldn't give you 2 cents for the music(?) I hear now a
>days but I think the record industry can blame their own greed.  Why
>should most of fan's money go to middle men who had nothing to do with
>making the music when a artist can now sell their music directly to
>their fans via the net and keep ALL the profits?  And of course, with
>the middle men out of the picture they can sell cheaper so fans are
>better off too.  The stuffed suits in the record industry will have to
>face the fact they are as obsolete as transmitter babysitters in a
>changed world.
>
>  - Nat Kayle
>
>
>On 10/22/07, r j carpenter <rcarpen1 at verizon.net> wrote:
> > Quote:
> > -------------
> > Pay $13-15.00 for a single selection of music vs the old $0.00-$2.00 for
> > a 45 RPM vinyl record that could be bought at nearly all the stores had
> > to have a part in the change.
> > -------------
> >
> > Have you looked at home much inflation there has been since the $2 single?
> >
> > $2 in 1960 dollars equals $13.60 in 2006 dollars
> > $2 in 1965 dollars equals $12.80 in 2006 dollars
> > $2 in 1970 dollars equals $10.40 in 2006 dollars
> > $2 in 1975 dollars equals $ 7.50 in 2006 dollars$
> > $2 in 1980 dollars equals $ 4.90 in 2006 dollars
> >
> > We forget home much less the buck is worth these days.
> >
> > bob c.
> >
> >
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