I personally have the "music is free" mentality. I think that it should be avaliable to everyone, and you can't really put a sticker price on it.
CDs are just too damn expensive. Stores could lower their prices to $12.00 per CD and still make a decent profit, but they want to make as much money as possible. I think if they really wanted to change the situation, they would lower the prices. I would buy a full CD if it was $12.00, but not when it's $30.00. It's stupid.
That said, usually I don't listen to a whole CD by the same artist. I like only one or two songs by most artists, so it's kind of a waste to buy CDs for me, because I'll only listen to one or two songs. The mix CDs that are avaliable are very outdated and kind of crappy.
Also, as I believe some one mentioned, people were making mixtapes a long time before napster came around. This is basically the same thing, but on a larger scale. If more people had have mass-produced mixtapes, it would have been the exact same situation.
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Date: 2006-01-13 10:46 pm (UTC)CDs are just too damn expensive. Stores could lower their prices to $12.00 per CD and still make a decent profit, but they want to make as much money as possible. I think if they really wanted to change the situation, they would lower the prices. I would buy a full CD if it was $12.00, but not when it's $30.00. It's stupid.
That said, usually I don't listen to a whole CD by the same artist. I like only one or two songs by most artists, so it's kind of a waste to buy CDs for me, because I'll only listen to one or two songs. The mix CDs that are avaliable are very outdated and kind of crappy.
Also, as I believe some one mentioned, people were making mixtapes a long time before napster came around. This is basically the same thing, but on a larger scale. If more people had have mass-produced mixtapes, it would have been the exact same situation.
Just my two cents
Kelly//Ravenclaw