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Originally Posted by Matt 26z
It is true that free music online (both piracy AND authorized) has seriously damaged the recording industry business model that worked for decades.
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No. Corporate greed ruined it's the industry years ago.
There was an interesting PBS story on this you can watch, but it's spot on. The biggest point was that the companies crank out tens of thousands of disposable artists. Most with an image or fade, and once it's gone. So are they.
They are worried about the bottom line. Not true music, or creativity.
But my biggest gripe goes two fold. One, artists who have albums with maybe two good tracks, but you have to buy the whole album to get them.
Second, when I bought my first CD back in 1984 (Bobby Brown) it was $20. Now, 20 years later, they still run around the same price point for the most part. Twenty years of better technology and the same price point?!?!?
Take that, and the change in the FCC allowing radio and media power houses to buy all the markets and you have ruined the business. People are tired of it, and they are shamelessly hitting back in the pocket book.
As a webmaster, I can't say I support stealing. I do not even have an MP3 or iPod. But I do have Yahoo Jukebox. I do not even listen to CD's any more. All my music is streaming through messenger, or player online. But when I want a new CD for my truck. I buy the single songs I want on Jukebox, and burn it there.
