http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Fri, 14 Feb 2003 12:04:39 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/01/22/155812.php#comment-3488 you can say "illegal mp3 downloads" over and over and over and over again....that doesn't make them illegal. the sad fact of the matter is that most artists make next to nothing from sales of cds....it's a sorta 'unknown' fact. what's broken is the business model. the Dixie Chicks sold a boatload of cds..ammounting to a gross of nearly a quarter of a billion dollars...and they got almost no money from it. so i'm supposed to believe that the record company had over $200 million in expenses. ya, sure. 3488@blogcritics.org Fri, 14 Feb 2003 12:04:39 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/01/22/155812.php#comment-3487 I think it's sad, when people who don't or can't (more often than not) create music, or make a living doing so, can comment of the price of Cd's or the right of creative people to charge for their gifts. Who are you guy's trying to kid??? How many of you people who want to download "free mp3's" would go to work for anyone for free? It's like asking a doctor or a plummer who comes to your house for a party to just care for your needs without compensation.. (lol) Do any of you have a dentist who will fix your teach for free..? After years of schooling and sacrifice, writers and producers of music desire to have their work paid for, just like everybody else in the world. You guy's bitch about CD prices, have you looked at how much it costs to put on a tour for your favorite artist lately? What about recording equipment, or musical instruments? Let's not forget about therisk of even believing in talent in the first place... Someone has to fund all of that, and typicaly it's a record company. Intellectual property is just that ..PROPERTY! How many of you want to share what you have in your homes, or in your clothes or your bank accounts..??? We live in America, which is a free enterprise system, people have died to make this country free. As a musician, I have traveled around the world because of m u s i c .. It is a necessity, thats why it's been with us since the dawn of time. When you burn other people creative work without paying for it, it's only called one thing.. STEALING! P.S. I'll be coming to all of your houses for some FREE food and money to help support my children, since you want to use our work for free.. (lol) Peace Gussie Miller 3487@blogcritics.org Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:55:20 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/01/22/155812.php#comment-2960 Don't forget the RIAA's attempts to shut down Internet radio, or price it out of existence by charging high royalty rates and setting restrictive policies regarding usage. Sure, let 'em charge what they want to, we don't have to pay that rate. The industry will be slow to respond, but if retailers have a lot of unsold recordings, they will reduce their stock orders, and that get the RIAA's attention.Music is a luxury item, not a necessity. I can live without buying it. Zaldor is right, I would buy 3x as much if CD's prices were reduced 50%. 2960@blogcritics.org Thu, 23 Jan 2003 05:49:35 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/01/22/155812.php#comment-2958 You're right - they are within their rights to fight - but they could also show that they're not as greedy as they seem to be by dropping CD prices by 50% - I would bet if they did that, sales would go up. But they don't seem to understand the concept of price points... 2958@blogcritics.org Wed, 22 Jan 2003 23:26:27 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/01/22/155812.php#comment-2956 the RIAA is completely within thier rights to fight against the illegal mp3 downloads. The main thing that I have against the RIAA is the high cd prices. peace. 2956@blogcritics.org Wed, 22 Jan 2003 20:18:05 EST