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Originally posted by freeadultcontent
I also see a day when music will be "free" so to speak.
First off I must say all the stealing is just fucking wrong and I hope those that do steal get it somehow.
That said, I can see a day not to distant from now when two things will happen.
1. Music will be sold by the song, litterally vending machine style at a price under a dollar. Machines will be either plug in, select titles, pay, download, or select titles, pay, spits out a CD. Price will be so low and convience so high that any retail location that can hold a small vending machine will be able to be a full record store. I also see these machines wired, so they can be instantly updated with the latests hits.
2. Free to consumers. Record industry will look outside of the box for revenue striving to replace what has been lost via theft. They will turn to big business. Everyone from fast food giants to magazine companies will give away download credits like toys in a happy meal. Record industry gets paid, consumer gets free songs.
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To be honest I would say the CD is dead. DVD has taken it over for storage.
But for music its out of date. Its not really portable. Who wants to walk around with a big cd player.
For the same price as a decent cd player you can get an MP3 player.
For portability I see MP3 players as the next big thing.
In fact the Sony mini Disc many years ago took over the CD, except Sony messed that up and so it has not taken of as it should have.
And once mobile phones start to include MP3 players (which they are now doing), well that will be the beginning and the end.
There are simply too many people coping these files to put a stop to it. Its a bit like trying to ban porn. It just could never happen.