Mara98313
@telocity.com | Same here
I won't buy any cd's with that protection on it |
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MexiCubAZ
join:2000-06-09
Phoenix, AZ
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| Well you will not see me buying a music cd that states it has copy protection.... I mayself own a mp3 player and have ripped my entire collection of cd's to my HD.. and yes.. I have shared and downloaded a crap load of music... but I usually do go out and buy the CD if I really like the music.. usually an entire CD has 1 or 2 good songs and the rest is crap... so come on.. make the CD's $5 to $10 each and I will never download an mp3 again.. and let me backup my copy as I see fit.. be it mp3, tape, dvd ... or whatever future format I see fit.
Now, I for one when it comes to DVD video.. always.. and I stress ALWAYS go and buy the DVD movie... as I feel I am gettin my $$ worth... especially compared to music audio.. and it is such a shame DVD-Audio could be the future if they would not over price it.. again.. in the $10 range for just audio and maybe $15 for audio & music video files.
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY
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|  reply to Mara98313
YES!! I agree I feel I am getting My moneys worth when I purchase a DVD, so I have no reason to pirate a copy of a DVD. The fact for just about 20 years there has been little if any change in the price of music CD tells me the profit margin on them is enormous. If I could get a CD for
about 10 bucks and it a current release I wouldn't do much MP3'ing. But instead the low cost CD's are from old
analog recordings which sound like they where made with a BoomBox. Look at who you get on these cheap CD's
"The Scat Brothers" "Fred Flatus, and the 3 Phews"
"Air from under a G string", The Morning Woods.
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Sultan0
join:2001-12-01
Omaha, NE
| reply to MexiCubAZ
I totally agree. I havnt bought a CD for over a year now and I doubt I'll be buying one soon since most only have 2 or 3 good songs and cost 16 bucks or more.
I have been buying DVDs during that time and as long as they are stuffed full of content, as a good chunk are, I'm getting my my moneys worth (IMO) and am not going to waste time trying to copy them. |
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shadow520
join:2002-04-03
Warren, MI
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I know exactly where you're coming from. Remember early video tapes? Movies were $70 or more. That's crazy. People recorded them off cable. Now a DVD is $10-$25. We have a large collection. Because that is a fair price. $70 is not. Same for CD's. Rather than lower the price to spur more sales, they blame the technology.
You're right about the cd's contain usually just a couple of good songs. Why pay top dollar for 2 songs I'd listen to? How about a service to pay $1 per song, to have it burned to a CD and shipped to the consumer? Most CD's hold 12-17 songs, guess what, same price! Even better? Charge 50 cents per song and we download them and burn them ourselves? I'd probably pay that, to have a reliable, legitimate download with high quality. And what's the production costs to the record company? Next to nothing. Once it's in digital form, it can be downloaded thousands of times. Now there's a revenue stream I wouldn't mind having! Very low cost to produce, almost infinite income potential! |
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MexiCubAZ
join:2000-06-09
Phoenix, AZ
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| reply to Mara98313
If I remember correctly.. at one point in time you where able to go to "THE WAREHOUSE" in Phoenix and order a custom made TAPE or CD but the tracks ran about $2-3 each.
I myself own just under 600 DVD movies only because they are a bargin .... I pay an average of $17 for each.... now I rather collect them than run to the theater with someone.. pay $20 to get in .. + another $15-20 for sodas and popcorn... just to sit at a lousy theater with kids screaming ... people talking.. cell phones ringing.
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LOWER THE PRICE OF AUDIO CD's.. make DVD Audio your next standard.. make it cost no more than $15 w/music videos included.. or no more than $10 w/o music videos.
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