Robert Snyder wrote:
> There has been a whole lot of crap flying around sony and what they
> were doing was right wrong or otherwise stupid. Personally for me the
> word is stupid.
> Here are my ideas for making music profitable once again.
>
> Throw away CDs they suck and offer substandard sound for the modern
> music experience.
>
> Release Dolby Digital 7.1 tracks for enjoyment of all which would mean
> DVD-Audio
>
> Release iTunes-Linux, itunes needs a nix support for the simple fact
> of offering a DRM music offering. I belive that while there are other
> music services that apple has the model with the most momentium.
> Apple is on top of the MP3 market. While I have seen more geeky mp3
> players like the Archos that even plays Divx files way before there
> was a ipod video, the bottom line is that the apple ipod is the Xerox
> and Jello and IBM of the MP3 world you either have a ipod or one of
> those knock offs. (not saying that the others are not good as I have a
> Dell DJ that was given to me as a late birthday present but not as
> nice as my ipod mini.)
> Lower the price of a cd. or if it was my way dvd-audio disc my music
> disc should not cost more than a DVD Movie!!!
>
> Stop with all the ridiculous lawsuites as you are simply not going to
> win any. You might con a few people into paying but the people that
> fight you in court will win. (Notice how the RIAA and MPAA are using
> DirectTV type tactics and they are facing the same fate as DTV, lots a
> lawsuits just not the first one won. And no I am not counting OJ as
> they for once had evidence of pirating)
> Let the consumers sample the music no matter how much you fight it the
> simple fact is that during the age of napster cd sales were at a all
> time high. Napster allowed people try new music from bands they have
> never heard of before and it caused an upsell in cds. The music
> industry knows this and just simply does not want to admit that we are
> right and they are wrong.
> Oh by the way, 93.3 wflz MJ morning show has re-released all 3
> crotchy old man prank call cds for download in non-drm mp3 format for
> the low price of 9.88 for all 3 cds. With the artist saying you
> bought them and you can do anything you want with them. ( a true man
> of vision)
>
>
> "Wee" Robby Snyder
I agree with W. R. S. on this one. Cd's aren't even the best medial
by which to enjoy your favorite tunes. That's exactly why new music was
readily available on 33-rpm 12" even into the later nineties--a
non-scratched lp sounds remarkably better than a cd. I'm looking
forward to the accelerated prevalence of audio dvd's, and also would
like to experiment with doing some burning in the same vein. There are
still tons of free mp3's, and ones to buy as well for an alternative to
purchasing cd's.
Cd's may be overpriced considering how small the cost of production
is, but consider how cheap they are by comparison to what music used to
cost. What was the average household income in the 20's? At that time,
a 78 was about eight bucks! AND, it only had two songs on it!
Considering that, with today's average income, even eighteen bucks a pop
is downright frugal for a cd.
Music piracy is wrong. That being said, what Sony did was also
wrong. The beautiful part is that we don't have to buy their stupid
cd's, anyway! If you like the music, you can CHOOSE to buy it, but it
IS still a luxury item, and you may choose not to support them. I like
underground indie-rock, and you can get TONS of that stuff free online
legitimately. There is also quite a bit of it that you can purchase on
vinyl.
The bottom line is I don't see this DRM deal as a major problem. It
is little more than an annoyance in the grand scheme of things. They
screwed up. It's not the first time in big business, and it won't be
the last. The tango of free commerce continues. They push, we
respond. We push, they react...
--Michael
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