Finally a step forward on the war against the recording industry. Maybe they are starting to come around. Universal Music is cutting the prices on their new cds 30% according to a Reuters report. Not that it would keep us from making archival copies of music for personal use, e.g. mp3 players, but I don't have any problem paying $10 for a good disc. Hopefully this will be a start for some price wars.
Now if they would offer low cost replacements of damaged or scratched cd's....
Full Version: Universal Slashes Prices on New CD's
I hope they do this in every country they have business on.
If not, I doubt it's going to do much good.
In my country, people have very low wages and that is their main reason to buy 1 dollar bootlegs. Now, I am not saying that they will happily switch to 10 dollar original CDs in every case (there is a lot of very sh*tty music here), but I think that it would definitely boost sales in the middle sections of society. Maybe like it was before.
As a sidenote, Sony Music has started selling OLD CDs (you know, hits from 4-5 years ago and backwards) for 2.50 dollars! And they have the exact same packaging. I have been filling some gaps in my collection. There's proof that on price drops, they surely can do better.
If not, I doubt it's going to do much good.
In my country, people have very low wages and that is their main reason to buy 1 dollar bootlegs. Now, I am not saying that they will happily switch to 10 dollar original CDs in every case (there is a lot of very sh*tty music here), but I think that it would definitely boost sales in the middle sections of society. Maybe like it was before.
As a sidenote, Sony Music has started selling OLD CDs (you know, hits from 4-5 years ago and backwards) for 2.50 dollars! And they have the exact same packaging. I have been filling some gaps in my collection. There's proof that on price drops, they surely can do better.
Maybe the are considering that the CD is not a new technology anymore and remove the "Technology tax"?
Like they do with artists : http://www.cosmik.com/aa-april02/mlm2.html
Look for " CD Reduction ". "Taxing" the artist's income.
Noting that they also force the artist to pay for the production of corrupted CDs
http://www.boycott-riaa.com/artists/ (below the blue part)
2) They are now requiring you (artists) to pay $3.99 ea. "production costs" to produce what used to be known as "DAM CDs".
Anyway, that's a very good move from Universal, I applaud it warmly.
Even though Pascal Nègre it's french boss still has no clue about the real reasons of their failures, using the old wrong pre-recorded phrase (piracy is killing us, we must protect, users can use analog outpout to copy, etc...).
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The life saving act " Format C: "
Like they do with artists : http://www.cosmik.com/aa-april02/mlm2.html
Look for " CD Reduction ". "Taxing" the artist's income.
Noting that they also force the artist to pay for the production of corrupted CDs
http://www.boycott-riaa.com/artists/ (below the blue part)
2) They are now requiring you (artists) to pay $3.99 ea. "production costs" to produce what used to be known as "DAM CDs".
Anyway, that's a very good move from Universal, I applaud it warmly.
Even though Pascal Nègre it's french boss still has no clue about the real reasons of their failures, using the old wrong pre-recorded phrase (piracy is killing us, we must protect, users can use analog outpout to copy, etc...).
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The life saving act " Format C: "
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