Dig-i-tal, dig-i-tal, dig-i-tal!
Gosh, the same music industry that's always crying about how digital prices need to go up sells nearly a quarter of all albums via digital sales, not having to pay for all the creation, marketing, etc to get it done with so many companies out there selling their stuff for them.
(Thank you, Yahoo Music Engine, I greatly enjoy my digital music.)
Sign of the times. The music industry, like any successful industry, follows the winds of change.
When was the last time anyone bought a 45, or an LP?
Alright, I guess with this news the RIAA still should vigilantly go after Poindexter, the 13 yr. old, sitting in the basement DLing off P2P program mp3's since obviously he's such a huge threat to sales! < /sarc>
Dumasses, probably would have doubled these good numbers had they not acted like spoiled brat thugs.
M$ Gates is ensuring the demise of physical recording media with the Digital Rights Management protocols built into OS VISTA. VISTA will disable the driver on detection of improperly coded media.
Or maybe they, M$ & Gates are ensuring the demise of Windoze as I am off to Linux Fedora.
Either we are equal or we are not. Good people ought to be armed where they will, with wits and guns. Will someone point to a paleocon forum so that I may leave FR to the DU refugees and refusees?
Wouldn't be that no one is producing music worth buying, would it?
The bigger issue, or the real issue here, is not that I'm not buying CD but instead going digital, it's that I don't buy the filth being produced these days that passes for music. I also won't buy crap that the Chixie Dicks, Britney Spears, Madonna or any number of other degenerates have produced. They are assuming CD sales are falling becasuse people are going digital, the product sucks so I'm not doing either.
Technology marches on.
But a word of warning (and I'm SURE the guys who OWN the originals of this music and any other MAGNETICALLY STORED digital data have protected themselves).
At some point, it is believed that the folks who hate the West will trigger one or more large EMP devices over the US or selected cities to try to cripple our commerce/culture. If ALL this data is stored on MAGNETICALLY BASED DEVICES, it will be damaged or distroyed.
As long as the industry continues to offer OPTICALLY BASED DEVICES AND MEDIA, I'll be backing up that way.
Something to ponder.
Pop is dead.
Dig-i-tal, dig-i-tal, dig-i-tal!
Download music is only really worth it if it is DRM free. There is no reason to buy music which evaporates after a set period of time.
This is a major flaw with the zune.
Had Republicans stayed in power, Congress would have reacted by passing a law forcing Americans to buy CDs from the RIAA at artificially high pegged prices. They would have hailed this as the 'conservative' approach to the problem.
Jonny, when you get the chance to catch up to your pings, here's a discussion about the music industry you may find interesting.
Uhhh, someone should tell AP that CD's are digital.
He said, echoing his parents' refrain from decades ago