Originally posted by: Nemesis77
Originally posted by: syberscott
The irony is that the RIAA would not be resorting to such tactics if people would just stop stealing music.
Few facts:
1. Downloading mp3's from the net is not stealing
2. Record-companies have been found guilty of price-fixing
3. Cost of CD's has gone up faster than inflation
4. CD's are ridiculously overpriced. Hell, soundtrack of movie costs almost as much as the DVD of the movie!
5. There is no real evidence that mp3's or "piracy" is hurting record-sales.
I just love it when RIAA and others whine how "sales of CD's have dropped by 5%! It's those wicked pirates and their mp3's that are to blame!". In reality, more realistic reason would be:
1. Slowdown in the economy. People simply have less money to spend on overpriced CD's
2. There are more products competing for limited amount of money (consoles, DVD's etc.)
3. Lots of people (like myself) are not buying CD's because they are criplled with copy-protection
4. Modern music is simply not worth buying. Crappy generic bands with crappy generic songs.