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Originally posted by sixate
I can't honestly believe that P2P has no effect on CD sales. I used to buy a shitload of albums. I haven't bought an actual CD is so long I can't even remember, and I know a ton of people like me. So can someone please explain how this doesn't effect CD sales? Because it does, and we'd all be fools to think anything else. Now, just because I see the reality of it that doesn't mean I feel bad about what I do or that I'm gonna rush out and start to buy CD's again. For the most part albums just suck ass and aren't worth $14 - $16. When CD's cost $5 I might start to buy music, but that's not gonna happen so I'll just continue to download what I want. CD's are so overpriced it's not even funny. I've supported the groups I listen to by going to a bunch of concerts and buying merchandise. The artist actually gets most of that money, not a stupidass record company.
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Yeah, I agree completely about the CD price. They should be $5. People would buy a fucklode of CD's then.
The only proof that I've read is the fact that this isn't the first time since CD's came out that CD sales have been sluggish. When CD's first came out, they were booming, and then from 1989-1993, the sales were TERRIBLE! 1993-1999 CD sales went back up again. Then the P2P craze started, and CD sales have went down.
Basically, some market analysts say that the quality of music and current trends/economic conditions are what have an effect on CD sales, not P2P programs. CD sales went down in 1999/2000...what happened then? The economic recession.
That's the only proof I've read.
-Lasereth