MexiCubAZ
join:2000-06-09
Phoenix, AZ
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| reply to Mara98313
Re: Same here
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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Sultan0
join:2001-12-01
Omaha, NE
| 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
|  reply to MexiCubAZ
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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