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- jeffsback2223, on 12/31/2007, -3/+105Not good enough. The RIAA is so far past redemption, the only thing that they need is a good burying. Call me when They bankrupt.
- BeeArePro, on 12/31/2007, -5/+66Obligatory: ***** THE RIAA
- inactive, on 12/31/2007, -1/+58Good. The closer we push the RIAA and the major labels to bankruptcy, the better.
- gta3mobster, on 12/31/2007, -4/+61Ho-ho-hold on there. They're talking about physical CD units. I don't see anything mentioning digital sales. Considering 05-06 reflected a 74.4% NET increase in digital sales revenue ($503.6 mln to $878 mln) I don't see anything the RIAA has to pout about, considering the increase should be even higher this year... They're still ***** though!
- rstarr, on 12/31/2007, -1/+46Perhaps the music decline is also because of the ***** music. I haven't even STOLEN much music this year. And most of the things I did torrent weren't worth the space on my hard drive, much less 15 dollars.
- kavery, on 12/31/2007, -3/+47You mean people don't want to pay $15 to see if there's more to Riskay than 'Smell Yo Dick'?
- elamr, on 12/31/2007, -2/+30Maybe they should develop better music than "Dat Supaman, dat Hooooo!" or "Az Fresh, as I'm iz"
- RedHerringHack, on 12/31/2007, -1/+28Also, if it wasn't all crap, that would help too.
- Emperial, on 12/31/2007, -3/+30That's because the music sucks.... Enough with the rap already....
- digitalmoto, on 12/31/2007, -4/+30Wow! I am surprised they are not down even more - is anybody still buying CD's these days?
- connieLingus, on 12/31/2007, -1/+22in other news, the quality of recorded music has dropped 40%...sounds like a net gain for the industry
- SOS84, on 12/31/2007, -1/+19Personally, I own upwards of 600 CDs, however, I have purchased a grant total of three new CDs in the last two years. Why, well, prices are out of control. There is no reason for a CD costing more than $12, period. Virtually all CDs released in the last two years have been classified as garbage. Then there is the little matter of the recording industry treating their customers as criminals. Now that they apparently consider perfectly legal fair use of purchased music a crime, it will be a long time before I buy another.
- nightwing2000, on 12/31/2007, -2/+17They're trying to sell music. That's the problem.
When you have MUSIC for sale, let us know. I'm curious what percentage of that dismal sales would be OLD music, discs from more than 3 years ago? Quite a bit I imagine. What does that tell you about today's music? - BinaryFragger, on 12/31/2007, -0/+13"[...] RIAA companies have seen sales drop by 11.6 percent between 2002 and 2006, even as movies hold steady and games are showing sales increases."
Movie ticket sales seem pretty healthy, despite the claims of piracy killing the industry.
Top-grossing movies of 2007, as per Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-gross ... ):
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End $961 million
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix $938 million
Spider-Man 3 $891 million
Shrek the Third $794 million
Transformers $703 million
Ratatouille $612 million
Simpsons Movie $525 million
I don't mind paying 20 bucks for a DVD, especially if it's loaded with extras (I love the Simpsons movie commentary).
But 20 bucks for a CD with 1 or 2 good songs? Time for a new business model, RIAA. - Maciula, on 12/31/2007, -1/+13RIAA - keep up the good work, this ingenious tactic of suing your own customers is obviously working really well.
- sdubois92, on 12/31/2007, -4/+16Instead of buying CDs, people are just buying itunes cards and giving them as presents.
- Luthorcorp331, on 12/31/2007, -0/+11Color me surprised. Are you actually saying that 3.20 a gallon gas, rising food costs, rising utility costs and OF COURSE the annual rise in taxes and fees is cutting into casual spending?
This is what happens when Joe and Jane American max out their credit cards and their house is worth less then they owe. - greekgoat91, on 12/31/2007, -1/+11in other news, hard drive sales increased during Christmas
- dimebonics, on 12/31/2007, -0/+10Dropping DRM? Free market FTW!!
- clinko, on 12/31/2007, -2/+12WHAT? her last album had such hits as:
Krispy Kreme
My Candy
Dope Girl
You Ain't S**t
Candy Coated Diamonds
F**k Boi
Go Deep
When the Drawls Drop
I'm da S**t
Make It Look Good
Jump
When the Drawls Drop is Dickens to a beat! - elamr, on 12/31/2007, -0/+9RIAA, In the words of Mike Tyson:
“I wish one of you guys had children so I could kick them in their *****' head or stomp on their testicles, so you could feel my pain because that's the pain I have, wakin' up every day."
i'm angry at you - inactive, on 12/31/2007, -0/+9I stopped buying them regularly when Napster came out. Then I would buy the CD if I liked it; to support the artist. Then I bought Foo Fighter's In Your Honor and it wouldn't play on my PC. That was the last CD for me. But really, paying a record company for a CD isn't the best way to support your favorite artist anyway. Go to their shows or incourage them to do the Radiohead thing.
- frode!, on 12/31/2007, -0/+9That sucks for Labels. With Digital downloading I get to cherry pick what songs I want and not buy the mediocre garbage.
How will music sell!
If only there was some publicly owned medium that could broadcast lower quality versions of songs so people could hear them before buying. Some sort of radioteleography to expose me to songs I might want to buy.
If only! - trer, on 12/31/2007, -0/+8Makes sense. It's a new world. 30 years ago when media was just print, radio and TV, people didn't have a lot of choices so of course those 3 were what people consumed. Now we have print, radio, TV, video games, internet, etc. We have a lot more choices. Mediums like music and TV will suffer because they are forced to smaller and smaller market share. This encourages innovation. Unfortunately, the suits forgot the innovation part and keep trying to force the market into what THEY want (i.e. us to buy CDs with 12 lousy songs and like it). They can blame downloading all they want, but the real reason is we consumers have more on our plates and if they want some attention, they'd better innovate.
- roebeet, on 12/31/2007, -0/+7Until I can purchase digital music in a lossless format, I will continue to purchase CD's. Again, that's assuming CD's still exist...
- inactive, on 12/31/2007, -0/+7they should stop forcing (C)rap™ on everyone. stop payola. let people hear good stuff. and decide for themselves.
stop pumping the compression so much you can hear any instruments. - TheTap, on 12/31/2007, -1/+8Now that is a genuine, heart warming Christmas story.
- GhostyBoy, on 12/31/2007, -0/+7Out of morbid curiosity I had to check out what you were talking about. I found the tune, and sat through almost the whole thing, transfixed in stupor...my brain screaming...this can't be real.
But I heard it, and I can't UN-hear it now. Now, someone restore my faith in humanity, and tell me that this "artist" has never sold a single copy of her album. - retral, on 12/31/2007, -1/+8Time to blame piracy!
- Syraxis, on 12/31/2007, -0/+6Don't count on it.
- Snakedal337, on 12/31/2007, -1/+7Holy *****. That's the only response I have. Ugh. Is this only in america? can some across the pond let me know if "Smell yo dick" is a hit there?
- gmillerd, on 12/31/2007, -1/+7Not one new album out there I would want to listen to free or otherwise.
- tlgjames, on 12/31/2007, -0/+6What kills me is the cost for this crap. If they would lower the prices to 5 bucks a cd, sales would skyrocket. There is a point where it just isn't worth downloading to have a quality version.
- inactive, on 12/31/2007, -1/+7I cannot remember ever going through an entire year and not hearing a single song I thought was good, until 2007.
- crazyflanger, on 12/31/2007, -0/+5A lot of points being raised that current music sucks. I'd say you gotta know where to look for good music. There are plenty of bands and artists making good music. Just check out myspace, or go see some local bands. The problem with the mainstream music is that it does suck. It sucks something horrible.
Much of the music that is being promoted now a days is trash wrapped with a hook. One catchy chorous does not justify a whole song, or even a whole CD's worth of crap. It isn't worth my time to listen to, yet alone spend $20. I havn't been into a music store in forever, are CD's really $20?
Mainstream music today is not about the music, it is not about the show, it is not about the fans, or the fun, anger, love, passion, emotion. Today's music is about selling 13 year old's ring tones. Crank that supaman! - inactive, on 12/31/2007, -0/+5If I really like the music then I'll buy the CD to take advantage of the superior sound quality. I always "demo" the album for at least a few weeks though to make sure it's worthy.
- DangerCollie, on 12/31/2007, -0/+5Fascinating to watch because the same thing may happen in the video and software markets. Once a business loses control of the distribution channel all hope of containing a market is lost.
Digital distribution of movies may well do as much to bring down the major distributors and film studios as the internet has done to the music industry. - david5t, on 12/31/2007, -0/+5I second the no digital sales input. I guess we like pretending that music sales are on the decline, but the fact is sales are just being pushed from one media source to another-- a la the Internet. Big brother doesn't like change though. I'd like to see how many iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody, etc gift cards were sold too.
- slvrbullet87, on 12/31/2007, -1/+6only 40 percent? I would rather listen to 30's jazz played over motown sang by the village people that listen to 9 out of 10 songs made in 2007
- notque, on 12/31/2007, -3/+7There are lots of high quality comments on digg. A lot of reasonable, intelligent, thoughtful people here spend time to express their views, and help expose propaganda. There are a lot of other quality comments as well, but that's a good thing. Views should be heard, and ultimately our expression of our likes, dislikes, views, interests, thoughts, etc is the pinnacle of sharing society. No longer are we locked in to only a few corporations deciding what we should see.
This is opportunity, and we must expand it. - aaron.dunlap, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4This is a step in the right direction, but honestly until the artists start getting a larger cut of the profits, it doesn't really matter where you get your music from. The people that make the music you love are most likely still getting screwed.
- Nougat, on 12/31/2007, -1/+5You're saying that music was so much better only three scant years ago? Pop music has always been least common denominator tripe, filling the airwaves and store shelves. And there's always been something good to pick out if you go digging deep enough. Not just talking about the "alternative" section either.
- gleongelpi, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4Off course, the music business in being boycotted! Or don't you know that? On the other hand, they are not willing to allow communications mediums to offer alternatives to consumers. For example, I use Pandora.com. I contacted them at told them that they should revise their structure so that we, consumers, could grade the song on a wide scale, and that those song we gave the highest grades would play the most often for us. I also told them that I would be willing to pay a lot more for a service of that nature, and which would play songs as I called them, for a fee, of course. Reply: Great idea. We love it. It will work. However, our current contracts won't allow for it, and such proposals have been turned down in the past. RIAA is being short-sighted. They are for current profits instead of long term rewards.
- edrift101, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4Had to do a double take and google those titles... I'm extremely happy, that I stopped listening to mainstream radio and buying new music years ago. F the RIAA!
- michaelothomas, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4I completely agree. Maybe I'm just getting old, but it seems like there hasn't been very much worthwhile music in the past couple of years.
- superkendall, on 12/31/2007, -1/+5Or they buy the DRM free iTunes Plus tracks.
- r00tus3r, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4Seriously, I didn't hear a single album last year that I would download for free far less pay for. The music industry is spewing out garbage, and I'm the kinda guy that would gladly pay to have a great cd in my collection, so it's not to say that I wouldn't buy something if it was quality.
- satori3000, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4I do actually buy CDs because I like to have a hard copy. With the RIAA now suing people who legitimately own the music who make copies on their own PCs I'm done. If I can't make copies for myself why would I even care about buying a CD.
- Herolint, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4This just goes to show, you have to sell what people want to buy or, SHOCK, they won't buy what you're selling and you will hopefully go out of business, RIAA.
On a side note, I was listening to an old Emerson, Lake, and Palmer album yesterday (Trilogy) and I realized, there are very few true musicians nowadays. Like them or hate them, you have to admit those guys are talented musicians and you don't see that kind of virtuosity very often these days. - mrgoat, on 12/31/2007, -0/+3Heck, look, we all better stop stealing music, that is clearly the reason Britney has to get a Lear Jet mark 3 and not mark 4 and Lars is gonna have to wait a week or so for his gold plated fish tank.
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