Thought of the week...

[remixor]

True, but with all these places like Borders and Sam Goody, that sell way more then music, it isnt much of a major issue.

I guess, but if all the independant record shops close and we're left with just stuff like Borders (which has a really poor music selection anyway) and Sam Goody, it's just another case of the big corporations controlling everything, and isn't that part of the complaint against the record companies?

[DGMacphee]

In the last week, there was a study released in the US that showed music piracy wasn't to blame for poor music sales.

Of course, the record industry reps said the study was rubbish.

What I think is stupid is you have music celebs jumping on the anti-Napster/anti-Kazaa bandwagon because they're looking for a scapegoat to blame for poor album sales.

I wondered if they considered that maybe they got poor sales because their albums were shithouse.

I haven't bought many CDs lately.

Having said that, I've probably downloaded one or two songs in the last six months.

Film piracy is another issue and, in some cases, more rigid than the music industry.

Consider the whole Academy screeners issue from last year -- Someone got expelled from the Academy for accidently lending his screener tape to a friend (who, in turn,  pirated it on the net).

I think a bigger issue, though, is software piracy.

And that's a whole new debate.  

[Peter Thomas]

What I think is stupid is you have music celebs jumping on the anti-Napster/anti-Kazaa bandwagon because they're looking for a scapegoat to blame for poor album sales.

That is about the most pleasing statement I have heard all day.

It drives me absolutely NUTS to hear those talentless singers being interviewed, and being reduced to tears because "stupid youngin's are downloading their music instead of buying it!" If I found half those songs on my comp, I'd probably pay someone to take them OFF!

[Nacho]

Just a quick think... I use screeners/albums downloads as previews.

Many times before the internet, the industry launched two good singles of an album or two good gags in the trailer of a comedy, and I went to the music shop/cinema fooled by this.

This won't happen for me anymore... conlussion I extract: People of the "industry"... Release better albums/films, because costumers now have the possibility to have a so much better preview than before.

Is this what really pisses of the people of the "industry"?

[Peter Thomas]

Probably.

They'd hate ANYONE who could see what the whole product was like. I know I would.