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[URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4044303.stm[/URL]
Say what? Just remember this story next time someone tells you that Kazaa is the root of all evil. The industry is not in turmoil, artists aren't going begging in the streets and you're not killing the music album. Funny that, just what everyone sane has been saying all along.
Still, c'est la vie.
Say what? Just remember this story next time someone tells you that Kazaa is the root of all evil. The industry is not in turmoil, artists aren't going begging in the streets and you're not killing the music album. Funny that, just what everyone sane has been saying all along.
Still, c'est la vie.
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[URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4044303.stm[/URL]
Say what? Just remember this story next time someone tells you that Kazaa is the root of all evil. The industry is not in turmoil, artists aren't going begging in the streets and you're not killing the music album. Funny that, just what everyone sane has been saying all along.
Still, c'est la vie.
Say what? Just remember this story next time someone tells you that Kazaa is the root of all evil. The industry is not in turmoil, artists aren't going begging in the streets and you're not killing the music album. Funny that, just what everyone sane has been saying all along.
Still, c'est la vie.
Heh. Shame I only download good music though.
"The British Phonographic Industry..."
I had to read that twice.
Gah, such a corrupted mind.
I had to read that twice.
Gah, such a corrupted mind.
Wasn't they the people that also tried to stop CD-Wow selling CD's so cheap?
So long as the industry's making money, it's good news- hopefully fewer downloaders will be getting these ridiculous lawsuits. Piracy will always be a problem, but it's one that's going to be hard to stop, if that is actually at all possible. The simple fact is that CDs can cost a lot, and some stuff can't always be easy to find- online downloads, legal or illegal are a very handy thing- convenient, cheap or free, and perfect for the lazy.
Maybe the music industry should work with companies like KaZaA to sell their music. The industry has just lost contact with their consumers needs and they have changed, not from buying CD's but downloading single songs. I really hate paying £11.99 for an album whereby I only like 3 songs on it. I would rather download these and just pay for the 3 songs. Virgin already do this, and thats where I download my MP3's. Same quality and above all else LEGAL.
I can understand why people do download MP3's as why the hell would someone purchase the product when you can get it for free, or why purchase the product where you only like the first 3 songs???
I think it is the music industy the needs to change and update their way how they sell their products.
I can understand why people do download MP3's as why the hell would someone purchase the product when you can get it for free, or why purchase the product where you only like the first 3 songs???
I think it is the music industy the needs to change and update their way how they sell their products.
what wrote:
> "The British Phonographic Industry..."
>
> I had to read that twice.
> Gah, such a corrupted mind.
Ha I thought that too.
Further down the page there's a link to it, and below it says "BBC cannot be held responsible for content outside their site"
Or something.
I blinked.
Much so.
> "The British Phonographic Industry..."
>
> I had to read that twice.
> Gah, such a corrupted mind.
Ha I thought that too.
Further down the page there's a link to it, and below it says "BBC cannot be held responsible for content outside their site"
Or something.
I blinked.
Much so.
The record industy moaned repeatedly about falling single sales.
Falling single sales isn't surprising when you can only get them in HMV and Virgin pretty much nowadays. Woolies stock like the top 20, WH Smith none at all.
And then there was the absence of many big name bands in the past couple of years. It was four years since U2 released All That You Can't Leave Behind. Had there been more big name bands around in the past couple of years then sales would have been a whole lot more.
And don't say Keane are big. They did well, but by big I mean 16 times platinum big, like Def Leppard, Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Metallica, U2, Guns n' Roses. People won't buy records just to have bought something, they buy it because they like it, and the past few years have had a rather dire lack of anything most people liked. The last twelve months changed that, and look what happened to the sales.
I'm not in a fit state to properly say what I mean, but basically, a lack of supergroups and being able to buy singles is the main reason that sales were poor in the past few years.
Falling single sales isn't surprising when you can only get them in HMV and Virgin pretty much nowadays. Woolies stock like the top 20, WH Smith none at all.
And then there was the absence of many big name bands in the past couple of years. It was four years since U2 released All That You Can't Leave Behind. Had there been more big name bands around in the past couple of years then sales would have been a whole lot more.
And don't say Keane are big. They did well, but by big I mean 16 times platinum big, like Def Leppard, Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Metallica, U2, Guns n' Roses. People won't buy records just to have bought something, they buy it because they like it, and the past few years have had a rather dire lack of anything most people liked. The last twelve months changed that, and look what happened to the sales.
I'm not in a fit state to properly say what I mean, but basically, a lack of supergroups and being able to buy singles is the main reason that sales were poor in the past few years.
To be honest, I'd never bought any music before I discovered Napster a few years ago.
Notorious Biggles wrote:
> I'm not in a fit state to properly say what I mean, but basically, a
> lack of supergroups and being able to buy singles is the main reason
> that sales were poor in the past few years.
Well, Judas Priest's new album is out on January 31st- Their first album with Rob Halford since "Painkiller" in 1990; must be at least some good there!
> I'm not in a fit state to properly say what I mean, but basically, a
> lack of supergroups and being able to buy singles is the main reason
> that sales were poor in the past few years.
Well, Judas Priest's new album is out on January 31st- Their first album with Rob Halford since "Painkiller" in 1990; must be at least some good there!
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