It is highway robbery what they charge for a CD. I think read somewhere that the band only makes about a nickel (or it might have been a dime) off of each CD made. So, we all know where the profit is really going. I have serious issues with lining the pockets of greedy a**holes. I am very anti-corporation for this very reason.
I have been known to get the songs I want off a peer-to-peer and mail a check directly to the artist. I have done that about 25 times in the past and always the full price of the CD. I use (which I haven't done in a while) WinMX for peer-to-peer.
I think a lot of the issue fans have are twofold. First, they are spending a hell of a lot of money to buy a CD for maybe one or two tracks they have heard in which they like. I am pretty sure other fans have done the same thing I have which is to borrow the album (I am using the term album because I come from the vinyl era and by using that term I can mean both vinyl and CDs) from someone so I check out the other tracks before I drop the money on it. 45 were very popular for that reason, and they went away because record companies wanted a bigger profit.
Second reason is the whole attitude that the record companies have shown to their customers. You cannot treat people like crap and expect them to continue to do business with you. I was very serious about anti-piracy back in the 70's but both the video industry and the record industry have been so absolutely nasty that I don't feel bad about them losing money. Worse, they have been nasty to the very bands that make them their money. I only feel sorry for the bands.
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I have been known to get the songs I want off a peer-to-peer and mail a check directly to the artist. I have done that about 25 times in the past and always the full price of the CD. I use (which I haven't done in a while) WinMX for peer-to-peer.
I think a lot of the issue fans have are twofold. First, they are spending a hell of a lot of money to buy a CD for maybe one or two tracks they have heard in which they like. I am pretty sure other fans have done the same thing I have which is to borrow the album (I am using the term album because I come from the vinyl era and by using that term I can mean both vinyl and CDs) from someone so I check out the other tracks before I drop the money on it. 45 were very popular for that reason, and they went away because record companies wanted a bigger profit.
Second reason is the whole attitude that the record companies have shown to their customers. You cannot treat people like crap and expect them to continue to do business with you. I was very serious about anti-piracy back in the 70's but both the video industry and the record industry have been so absolutely nasty that I don't feel bad about them losing money. Worse, they have been nasty to the very bands that make them their money. I only feel sorry for the bands.
Mary Hooker-Myers // Gryffindor