Saturday, August 17, 2002
File sharing services not the reason for music sales decline
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 02:00 PM
http://msn.com.com/2100-1106-949717.html
Well, it sounded good when they said it, but it didn't hold water. Lemme hear it - a big "DUH!"
"Forrester pointed to the economy and competition from other media for the music market's downturn, rather than the emergence of free song-swap services like now-idled Napster and several similar sites in its wake, which the recording industry has claimed in several copyright lawsuits have hurt sales. "Plenty of other causes are viable, including the economic recession and competition from surging video game and DVD sales," Bernoff said."
And for those of us that want one song from 1983? You think I am going to buy a CD? You must be joking. $15 for one song? I have downloaded plenty of recent songs and have in every case either purchased the CD or deleted the samples from my hard drive. In my case, music sharing services have cost me money. I have purchased far more CDs in the past two years because I have been able to listen to new music. And I only buy music I can rip and listen to wherever and however I want. And until someone comes up with a way for me to pay for those songs from my younger days without buying a $15 CD, I'll continue to download those songs. The industry isn't losing money on that. I wouldn't pay for it in the manner they want anyway. Give me the songs in a hassle free manner and someone gets an instant $200-$300. I have my credit card handy. What has happened is it has caused the music industry to realize we want digital content that isn't rented, isn't locked to a single computer or isn't insanely priced. PressPlay is definitely headed in the right direction, but they aren't there yet.
So Mr. Music Exec, give us what we want and how we want it. Charge a reasonable price and your sales will go up. Trying to keep us buying music in 2002 like we did in 1982 isn't going to work anymore, and your revenue line clearly shows that. Source: Jim Mulder.
Well, it sounded good when they said it, but it didn't hold water. Lemme hear it - a big "DUH!"
"Forrester pointed to the economy and competition from other media for the music market's downturn, rather than the emergence of free song-swap services like now-idled Napster and several similar sites in its wake, which the recording industry has claimed in several copyright lawsuits have hurt sales. "Plenty of other causes are viable, including the economic recession and competition from surging video game and DVD sales," Bernoff said."And for those of us that want one song from 1983? You think I am going to buy a CD? You must be joking. $15 for one song? I have downloaded plenty of recent songs and have in every case either purchased the CD or deleted the samples from my hard drive. In my case, music sharing services have cost me money. I have purchased far more CDs in the past two years because I have been able to listen to new music. And I only buy music I can rip and listen to wherever and however I want. And until someone comes up with a way for me to pay for those songs from my younger days without buying a $15 CD, I'll continue to download those songs. The industry isn't losing money on that. I wouldn't pay for it in the manner they want anyway. Give me the songs in a hassle free manner and someone gets an instant $200-$300. I have my credit card handy. What has happened is it has caused the music industry to realize we want digital content that isn't rented, isn't locked to a single computer or isn't insanely priced. PressPlay is definitely headed in the right direction, but they aren't there yet.
So Mr. Music Exec, give us what we want and how we want it. Charge a reasonable price and your sales will go up. Trying to keep us buying music in 2002 like we did in 1982 isn't going to work anymore, and your revenue line clearly shows that. Source: Jim Mulder.
