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Record companies still don't get it
Of course digital downloads won't make up the difference for the loss of CD sales. They were charging $18 for a CD that had 1 or 2 good songs on it. Now they are getting $0.99 for each of those 1 or 2 good songs. That is 9 to 18 times less revenue per CD. That isn't coming back, EVER! Record companies can blame digital downloads because they are a BIG contributor to their demise. But it doesn?t make sense to blame iTunes or Steve Jobs because there was no stopping it. Record companies better just accept the new status quo and get on board or fall even further behind.
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Independents: Sieze the Day!  P. Douglas | 02/27/07
Steve Job's transparent gesture  John Zern | 02/27/07
Um hasn't Steve Jobs been on record for a very long time  Laff | 02/28/07
When iTunes first launched....  tic swayback | 02/28/07
Deeds, not words  John Zern | 02/28/07
Money where mouth is  tic swayback | 02/28/07
Do we know every detail of Appl'e's contract with the Music Industry?  Laff | 02/28/07
How would that affect movies?  tic swayback | 02/28/07
Don't know about your second point and I admit I'm curious.  Laff | 02/28/07
Cleanup and change heart  Patanjali | 02/27/07
Two Things  marlinj@... | 02/27/07
Quite true - overall music quality has been steadily declining  archerjoe | 02/28/07
HAHA!!! Priceless quote!!!  NonZealot | 02/27/07
NonZealot...  MacVet | 02/27/07
But I can see his point  John Zern | 02/27/07
Re: NonZealot...  999ad@... | 02/28/07
Your priceless quote is BS  mrlinux | 02/27/07
uh...oh!  Linux Geek | 02/28/07
hypocrisy...  mrlinux | 02/28/07
One thing to consider  TripleII | 02/27/07
iPod Borg  KrUshPruF | 02/28/07
right over your head.  shraven | 03/01/07
Consumers have spoken, DRM is dead as a business model.  TripleII | 02/27/07
Couldnt have said it better.!!!!  mrlinux | 02/28/07
Bad news guys  tic swayback | 02/28/07
Look at it this way fella's  Laff | 02/28/07
"There's more opportunities to monetize the music."  ejhonda | 02/28/07
Conference probably started  Boot_Agnostic | 02/28/07
Sony's technological solutions  GrumpyOldMan | 02/28/07
A hundred years ago...  Henry Miller | 02/28/07
Record companies still don't get it  jtg61 | 02/28/07
The answer is right under their noses...  BitTwiddler | 02/28/07
the brilliant idiot  shraven | 02/28/07
Music companies already have the best marketing...  Anton Philidor | 02/28/07
Music DRM and Revenue  Jaytmoon | 02/28/07
Well-deserved losses  AES2 | 02/28/07
I'm late to the party so this probably won't get read but...  Beat a Dead Horse | 03/01/07

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