Shii Posted:

Artists WOULD make money from CD sales if the record labels weren’t having to take so much of the profits to break even from the piracy.

Now, what are the record labels doing in this situation? Trying to keep their pockets lined.

Do tell me, why are we still using CDs? Why have we not moved on, to doing everything digitally? To have all the music bought online, track by track, and all radios/boom boxes being equipped with device to play music directly from an MP3 Player of sorts?

Because of the plethora of lobbying done by the record label, in order to keep themselves a job.

I have a friend, who records everything from his home studio, remixes everything himself, and releases it using social networking. Completely cutting out the record industry.

Now tell me, how can the record label justify trying to double the price of albums, only to keep a consistently affluent, and wealthy lifestyle? When the artist can do it all himself?


-MLF- edited this message on 04/18/2009 2:57PM