09-05-2003, 02:24 PM
RIAA story is here.
It looks like the RIAA might be willing to drop a subpoena if the offender deletes all copyrighted MP3s, and destroys all CDs they may have burned.
CD price story here.
Universal Music plans to cut their MSRP for new CDs to $12.98 - currently it's gone as high as $18.98.... as anyone who's been in a music store lately probably knows.
So, the RIAA is going with brute force and scare tactics to try to get people to buy their music, while Universal is dropping CD prices to come to the same end.
Funny thing is, it's been shown that in the time since the RIAA announced their Gestapo-like plans to sue file-swappers, even though downloading has decreased by 22%, the drop in music sales ACCELERATED, instead of slowing.
What do you think? Does the problem rest with P2P programs, CD prices, or maybe the fact that music is just SUCKING lately?
It looks like the RIAA might be willing to drop a subpoena if the offender deletes all copyrighted MP3s, and destroys all CDs they may have burned.
CD price story here.
Universal Music plans to cut their MSRP for new CDs to $12.98 - currently it's gone as high as $18.98.... as anyone who's been in a music store lately probably knows.
So, the RIAA is going with brute force and scare tactics to try to get people to buy their music, while Universal is dropping CD prices to come to the same end.
Funny thing is, it's been shown that in the time since the RIAA announced their Gestapo-like plans to sue file-swappers, even though downloading has decreased by 22%, the drop in music sales ACCELERATED, instead of slowing.
What do you think? Does the problem rest with P2P programs, CD prices, or maybe the fact that music is just SUCKING lately?
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