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PS if you love that fucking study so much why dont you marry it?
i can't wait to use this in a conference debate.
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PS if you love that fucking study so much why dont you marry it?
No hissy fits here. Your experience is that of an accountant. Mine is of that of someone who has worked in music for quite a few years. Im not defending the industry and nor would I unless they did something worth defending, Im just pointing out that your position is a vague notion with a single study as evidence. I dont have to argue my own position to prove that yours is nothing more than stumbled upon reactionary intellectual wafers.
And please do point out one of my misguided suppositions.
PS if you love that fucking study so much why dont you marry it?
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I believe that the record industry completely overstates the impact of file sharing. They do this this for 2 reasons - one because they have never understood the phenomen and secondly because the alternative, that they have completely mismanaged the industry, is unpalatable.
Filesharing is an easy scapegoat.
That's something of an oversimplification but there is some truth to it which is a vastly different position from stating that filesharing is having no impact on record sales.
If you disagree with the methodology used in the study - tell me why?
If you have something except your own misguided suppositions to contribute the the discussion, then do.
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To quote two people I talked to over the christmas "I downloaded all of "______" albums, don't really like them but who cares, it's free!!"
There's no conclusive evedience that on thing is in any way linked to the other.
You could make the argument that people who are downloading had absolutely no notion of buying the albums anyway and that illegal download and downloads are not replacing sales.
Record companies have to look to their own practices - most of what they produce is shit - instead of whining about illegal downlads.
The live music industry is booming tooAnd despite all of the blathering about piracy cinamas in this country are booming. What's different about the film industry?
One thing I resent is that more often than not when buying an album you take a bit of a chance on it. If its shit thats the end of that. You have no comeback. I wouldn't mind a bit of try and buy. Downloading offers that. Granted a hell of a lot of people wouldn't be arsed buying an album even if they loved it, but as Nailer said, those fuckers wouldn't have been bothered in the first place had the medium of download not been available to them.
Case in point. 2 years ago I heard a song by a relatively little-known New-York based band. I downloaded an album on the back of it. Loved it. Bought 3 of their albums. They played here around then. I brought 3 mates. All loved them. All own at least 2 albums. In this case I think the particular band in question did rather well out of my download. If I hadn't liked the album, well what harm?
Norman Bombay Mix
Must try harder!
Radiohead's "pay what you like" system has been a reality for the whole industry for a long time now - you can download for free or pay, your choice.
As in neither you nor the wonderful & eloquent Richard are representative of a generation of teenagers in the states or Japan with hi-speed broadband who have pretty much no affiliation with the physical product and have grown up watching record shops disappear off the face off the earth and massive faceless chain stores become the place where most people buy their music (esp in the States)
Radiohead's "pay what you like" system has been a reality for the whole industry for a long time now - you can download for free or pay, your choice.
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