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Just another reason I won't buy CD's anymore
I think the slide in sales is because they treat their customers like criminals, the music being released these days is over manufactured and cheesy, geared towards teens mostly and marketed on sex (if spears was fat and ugly would you buy her music?), CD's are too expensive, the economy is still not that great.

Also, I don't understand the protectionism that is out there for the music industry. It seems to me that they feel they can produce a song and it is expected to sell. If it doesn't sell then somehow it has to do with people stealing versus nobody wants the song. Nowhere is it said that a company or industry has a protected right to be successful and profitable. If governments were to force consumers to buy products to protect industries then we'd be all still riding horses and using the telegraph. Times change, business changes, the music industry may very well go under someday but something else will take it's place. The government needs to stay out of it.
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Just another reason I won't buy CD's anymore  Arrg | 06/02/04
Spears  FirstNLastN | 06/02/04
Spears and Madonna are both same  voska | 06/02/04
Have to disagree  tic swayback | 06/02/04
what Madonna can do...  ryusen | 06/02/04
Why?  Tim Patterson | 06/02/04
Silly greedy pigopolists.. analog hole fixes everything  Xunil_Sierutuf | 06/02/04
Analog still isn't Digital Quality  nucrash | 06/02/04
And Mp3 isn't CD quality either.  maxo_z | 06/02/04
Analog still isn't Digital Quality  LongShipUser | 06/02/04
Analog vs Digital  dscherf | 06/02/04
Not wise move. Here is why?  FirstNLastN | 06/02/04
Irony Really  nucrash | 06/02/04
This how I see it as not wise  voska | 06/02/04
I have never heard...  LongShipUser | 06/02/04
FIne with me as long as they are clearly labled.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/02/04
I agree  voska | 06/02/04
Labels...  LongShipUser | 06/02/04
Cheap shots?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/02/04
CD buyers...less of those everyday!  cybershoplifter | 06/02/04
Fat Chance  tic swayback | 06/02/04
I don't disagree, labeling laws are needed.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/02/04
Once again, Fat Chance  tic swayback | 06/02/04
actually...  ryusen | 06/02/04
There ALREADY is a law  AbsolutelyNot | 06/03/04
rights vs reality  ryusen | 06/02/04
Since they can't beat file sharing...  gsbtech | 06/02/04
Lies hurt thier cause  voska | 06/02/04
David Crosby on why the music industry is doomed  tic swayback | 06/02/04
So then he needs to buy a record company and do it his way.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/02/04
No needs do anything to point out things like this  voska | 06/02/04
Yes and no...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/02/04
Different priorities  tic swayback | 06/02/04
Good for you! But don't cry about thoise wanting to make a buck.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/02/04
So one should never share hard earned wisdom?  tic swayback | 06/02/04
Wage Slave, indeed  AbsolutelyNot | 06/03/04
The thing about artists  voska | 06/02/04
Gee, who is???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/02/04
Fair enough  tic swayback | 06/02/04
Actually you learn it  voska | 06/02/04
Funny ..  none none | 06/02/04
Learning..  Patrick Jones | 06/02/04
You didn't read, did you?  Martin Marvinski | 06/02/04
artists rent' stupid...  ryusen | 06/02/04
n/t: Apple Records might say something about that...  dscherf | 06/02/04
Yup, and this guy is free to try it as well.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/02/04
I mis-read your original post  dscherf | 06/02/04
Crosby may need to hold onto his cash  AbsolutelyNot | 06/03/04
Missing the point here No Ax  tic swayback | 06/02/04
And I am all for him doing it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/02/04
It's already been done  tic swayback | 06/02/04
EXCELLENT! No reason to attack RIAA then.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/02/04
A few reasons to attack  tic swayback | 06/02/04
No reason to sue consumers!  cybershoplifter | 06/02/04
Thieves are not consumers.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/02/04
Again with the lies and malapropisms No Ax  tic swayback | 06/02/04
I think the RIAA would disagree with you  voska | 06/02/04
why not attack them?  ryusen | 06/02/04
re: Thieves are not consumers.  ryusen | 06/02/04
Every reason to attack  AbsolutelyNot | 06/03/04
Get a dictionary, Don  AbsolutelyNot | 06/03/04
Let's take it a step further...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/02/04
Again you miss the point  tic swayback | 06/02/04
Your point is that you have no point.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/02/04
Blinded by the glare  tic swayback | 06/02/04
Of course he can state an opinion.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/02/04
But didn't you just tell him to "shut up"?  tic swayback | 06/02/04
what force???  ryusen | 06/02/04
Rich?  rapson | 06/02/04
How dare you point out the obvious!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/02/04
Rich, but could be richer  tic swayback | 06/02/04
Would you let me rip you off ?  voska | 06/02/04
Would you let me rip you off ?  voska | 06/02/04
Um..  Patrick Jones | 06/02/04
Investments  AbsolutelyNot | 06/03/04
Why?  Patrick Jones | 06/02/04
a step in the wrong direction...  ryusen | 06/02/04
One more reason never to buy another CD.  Unicornrider | 06/02/04
Yup, just steal the singles..  cybershoplifter | 06/02/04
Futile effort  Commander_z | 06/02/04
CD's are dead. RIAA is too late  rgriffith64@... | 06/02/04
CD smell funny, maybe it's the store?  cybershoplifter | 06/02/04
If I can play it I can copy it.  Alpha_Female | 06/02/04
CD's overpriced---under quality  drichards1953 | 06/03/04
How?  Patrick Jones | 06/02/04
And..  Patrick Jones | 06/02/04
Another nail in the coffin  boxmonkey | 06/02/04
Did you even read the article?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/02/04
Article UnClear  LongShipUser | 06/02/04
Do you really expect the RIAA to be reasonable?  tic swayback | 06/02/04
No one, I repeat, no one is forcing you to buy.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/02/04
Exactly right, that's why this move is so stupid  tic swayback | 06/02/04
P2P also increase independent sales  voska | 06/02/04
Numbers  tic swayback | 06/02/04
Is that required?  cybershoplifter | 06/02/04
The record morons can keep the crap music!  cybershoplifter | 06/02/04
Gee, then why do so many pirate it?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/02/04
Honestly?  cybershoplifter | 06/02/04
And again I ask, if it's crap, why steal it?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/02/04
Because Piracy Rocks!!  cybershoplifter | 06/02/04
People, if you want to see RIAA's point, look no further than cyber's posts  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/02/04
It very nicely points out what 100 of millions do!  cybershoplifter | 06/02/04
Maybe this is why  voska | 06/02/04
As they say, every crook has an excuse.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/02/04
Maybe but that's why  voska | 06/02/04
How many times must the same person buy the same song?  cybershoplifter | 06/02/04
and if they don't get caught...  ryusen | 06/02/04
that's true  V Sanders | 06/06/04
Most "pirate" it to hear it  tic swayback | 06/02/04
Fun thing I do to mess with the RIAA  cybershoplifter | 06/02/04
One man's cr@p  AbsolutelyNot | 06/03/04
1 copy is enough fer us PIRATES!!! YEAH!!!  cybershoplifter | 06/02/04
Small Pleasures  ParadigmOdyssey | 06/02/04
Article is full of lies  tic swayback | 06/02/04
This is ok with me...  DarbyOhara | 06/02/04
God bless you, Darby  cybershoplifter | 06/02/04
No Ax, still no response to RIAA's blatant lies?  tic swayback | 06/02/04
RIAA IS FLAWED NOT FAIR USE  cybershoplifter | 06/02/04
Because it has NOTHING to do with illegal file sharing.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/02/04
It has everything to do with the laws  tic swayback | 06/02/04
THE REAL REASON FOR NEW LAWS  V Sanders | 06/06/04
Has everything to do with file sharing  voska | 06/03/04
Won't work: CD-ROM = Read only!  Hamlet_z | 06/02/04
Banner for future article  NT Admin | 06/02/04
Macrovision CDS  Protector | 06/02/04
solution for consumers  zijiang | 06/02/04
funny  V Sanders | 06/06/04
May I legally make a copy of a CD?  duclod | 06/02/04
How many times must the same person buy the same song?  cybershoplifter | 06/02/04
Ill Take A Crack At It  ParadigmOdyssey | 06/02/04
Again In The Computer World  ParadigmOdyssey | 06/02/04
Fair Use.  barrencross@... | 06/03/04
Nice that they aren't trying to completely screw over the consumer  FilledOut | 06/02/04
Sidebar - Fun thing I do to mess with the RIAA  cybershoplifter | 06/02/04
Labels to dampen CD burning?  deacon72 | 06/03/04
Don't buy into the lie  tic swayback | 06/03/04
We already pay for it  medezark | 06/03/04
EXACTLY!!!  V Sanders | 06/06/04
CD protection  RZsoft | 06/03/04
Pots calling the Kettles  AbsolutelyNot | 06/03/04
The movie angle  AbsolutelyNot | 06/03/04
How could they stop you?  voska | 06/03/04
On another not, revolution  voska | 06/03/04
What about CD Images  bobiroc | 06/03/04
Oh well, there's always MP3s...  wolfrunner66 | 06/04/04
how about this  V Sanders | 06/06/04

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