| I buy a lot of used CD's at garage sales. My "sweet spot" is $1.00 a CD and at that price I usually buy all the CD's the seller has if they are not all scratched up. Sure I get a few dupes, but when I make an offer I can usually cut a deal. It's rare (real rare) for me to pay retail ($11.99-$19.99) for a CD. Last one of those was a CD the local church made up.....
I just can't justify the iTunes charge of $.99 a track and the restrictions they put on how I listen to the tracks. I only have one set of ears (least I think so) so can only listen to the tracks one at a time. Purchasing the CD gives me the flexibility to set up the play back on what ever I want. When the record companies wake up to this then I'll consider on-line purchases. I'd also like a release so I can sell off or transfer the tracks to a 2nd party. The way things are set up now that is not possible. Giving them to my sister is considered piracy!!
DRM'ed tracks does not stop piracy. What happens is one person buys the album. Rips the tracks at a bit rate they like and then passes it on to their friends as the friends can't download the DRM free tracks to use on their music players.
So my solution is to NOT buy any on-line tracks until the marketing people wake up to a world that is not rooted in vinyl thinking. I want flexibility, not restrictions!!
The new Eagles CD is only available at Wal-Mart.... I don't buy much of anything from that company and my local record store does not have it.... What are my other choices? Restrictive marketing is not the answer. |
