Music Industry Remains in Spin over Popularity of Used CDs
What's the difference between a shiny new compact disc and one that's been unwrapped and played a few times?
To Lucy Estrella's ear, none. To her pocketbook, a lot.
...Such sentiments have struck sour notes in the recording industry, which is concerned about the growing retail presence of used-CD stores and Internet businesses such as Amazon.com, which sell both new and used recordings.
The industry worries that the expanding used market is cannibalizing new-CD sales, as well as promoting piracy by allowing consumers to buy, record and sell back discs while retaining their own digitally pristine copies.
One proposed remedy being debated by record label executives is federal legislation requiring used-CD retailers to pay royalties on secondary sales of albums. [bCentral]
Maybe sales are down because people have caught on to...A. the crap you are putting out, B, Tired of funding your bogus economic structure, C. Simply down due to the economy! Instead they continue to chase after windmills, rather than deal with the real issues.
This article even does it by giving status to the industry lie that "Sales have been hurt largely by a surge in piracy". What they ought to look at is the fact that they keep chasing the symptoms rather than deal with the disease - the industries tired music, and an accounting/economic model that screws artist out of money...mj
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