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Compact Disc Sales Plummet 20% Since Start of Year
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| March 21, 2007
Posted on 03/21/2007 2:58:50 AM PDT by HAL9000
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posted on
03/21/2007 2:58:54 AM PDT
by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
NFP
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posted on
03/21/2007 3:01:03 AM PDT
by
Notforprophet
(Democrats have stood their own arguments on their heads so often that they now stand for nothing.)
To: Notforprophet
Yep. It is divided into loud cacophony and even more loud cacophony. Neither will be missed.
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posted on
03/21/2007 3:05:09 AM PDT
by
GSlob
To: HAL9000
I probably have a thousand CDs...
I'd guess that I've purchased less than 20 in the last year and half. And virtually all of those were small label companies.
It use to be that the music was all about the music. Now it's "music" videos and mostly naked girls trying to sell it...
No thanks.
When they produce music worth buying, I'll buy.
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posted on
03/21/2007 3:11:52 AM PDT
by
DB
To: GSlob
Video is next.
There is absolutely no reason to pay for 200 channels just to have access to the 5 that accounts for 90% of my viewing time.
DVR's, broadband penetration, Google buying YouTube.
The writing is on the wall, er, screen.
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posted on
03/21/2007 3:14:25 AM PDT
by
mikeybaby
(long time lurker)
To: HAL9000
Like vinyl lps....I like to have my purchase in my hand to look at.
I like to take out the printed material and look at it...my kids have I-pods, but they take them off CD's. I may go the I-Pod route so as to consolidate my music into one easy to activate source, but I do believe I will buy the CD's for downloading purposes.
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posted on
03/21/2007 3:15:34 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
To: mikeybaby
Nope, I believe it will be telecoms next. With widespread availability of WiFi/WiMax broadband soon, practically-free-of-cost VoIP calls will be the cellphone of the future.
The telecom companies have a lot to fear.
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posted on
03/21/2007 3:18:41 AM PDT
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: HAL9000
The rampant success of Apple's iPod indicates that consumers are as interested as ever in acquiring music, but it also suggests they prefer to buy without either entering a store or handling a CD. I got tired long ago of buying an album/CD that had 1 good song and 12-15 crappy "filler" songs!
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posted on
03/21/2007 3:18:41 AM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(Liberalism is the most extreme form of dementia.)
To: HAL9000
maybe if they weren't so dern expensive, people would buy more?
nah! too simple.
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posted on
03/21/2007 3:26:48 AM PDT
by
camle
(keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you)
To: camle
The format is already toast. Dead as the 78.
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posted on
03/21/2007 3:27:57 AM PDT
by
durasell
(!)
To: Notforprophet
Good riddance to bad rubbish. Less money for Hollywood liberals works for me.
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posted on
03/21/2007 3:31:33 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Club of Rome had half the world's population dead by the year 2000 -freeper driftless2)
To: Vaquero
My CD buying days were over this year, after I bought my handy TEAC 350. This baby easily converts my 1000+ Lp's to CD. Everytime I burn one , I say good riddance to the RIIA, or whaterver those ah's call themselves.
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posted on
03/21/2007 3:33:52 AM PDT
by
catfish1957
(Pelosi, Kennedy, Reid, Remember those names as you firmly hold on to your pocketbook and rights.)
To: Cowboy Bob
I got tired long ago of buying an album/CD that had 1 good song and 12-15 crappy "filler" songs! Bands get a higher royalty rate once they hit a certain number of songs on a CD (I think its 12). Of course, its all about the "art".
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posted on
03/21/2007 3:35:06 AM PDT
by
Wolfie
To: CarrotAndStick
I think you're probably right.
Owning the "Pipe" into the homes is key, and the telecoms already have the poles, the Easements, and a twisted pair.
I've read that Verizon is already involved in a "Fiber to the Curb" initiative.
The best thing about this whole discussion is pretty much everyone agrees who the losers will be: newspapers, "weekly news" magazines (why in the Hell would I buy one of these when I boot the confuser, er, computer before I get the paper?), record companies, Hollywood not to mention other assorted liberals.
Sweet.
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posted on
03/21/2007 3:40:38 AM PDT
by
mikeybaby
(long time lurker)
To: mikeybaby
Your points are valid too. Cable isn't worth the money it costs, and newspapers are probably bought by the majority out of habit. Lol!
Somehow, I fear an opposition to wireless broadband coming from the telecom giants. Any way one looks at it, they are in for a major re-shaping.
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posted on
03/21/2007 3:46:45 AM PDT
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: durasell
my problem is price. a dollar a song is too much. and no matter what format you buhy, that's the going rate.
I buy my CD's on half.com
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posted on
03/21/2007 3:46:46 AM PDT
by
camle
(keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you)
To: catfish1957
I only have a few hundred records....and I dont really want that many of them in digital form. but when I do, I go to Ebay or half.com and buy the CDs either used or discounted and the sound quality would have to better than to convert an old analog LP to digial. and as much as I tried to take care of my records and handle them carefully, you usually dont know if your needle/cartridge is worn and 'regrooving records' until after it has ruined a few of them.....
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posted on
03/21/2007 3:54:49 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
To: camle
allofmp3.com is something like $2 per album or much less for a song. However, it's a Russian site, and I'm not willing to give them my credit card.
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posted on
03/21/2007 3:56:55 AM PDT
by
amchugh
To: mikeybaby
I used to think IP TV or TV on demand was the wave of the future, but what really determines price is the content providers. They'll allow you an a la carte selection of channels or perhaps programs, but bump up the price so you are paying the same as for your 200 channels. It is not what it is worth, but what the market will bear. ATT UVerse is probably going to be TV on demand eventually, bundled with your Internet connection.
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posted on
03/21/2007 4:00:21 AM PDT
by
amchugh
To: HAL9000
Glad to hear it. I wish them all the bad luck in the world , the greedy bastids.
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posted on
03/21/2007 4:01:58 AM PDT
by
sgtbono2002
(I will forgive Jane Fonda, when the Jews forgive Hitler.)
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