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Quick question. Did you people buy CD's 5 years ago?
I ask because the cost of a CD has pretty much stayed the same for the past 12 years. CD's were $15 back in 1990 when I started buying them, and in some places (ie Best Buy and Circuit City) are now CHEAPER than they were before.
You people need to get off your moral high horse about he RIAA. Sure, there is a pretty big difference between the cost of the CD and the money that goes into a band's pockets, but much of that is because the band doesn't pay a dime out of pocket for recording costs and marketing (much less music videos). It's not like $1 is going to the band and $14 is going into the bank account of the music company's CEO.
I taught at a small college last year, and was appalled by seeing kids with big 50-CD carrying cases full of CD-R's....and not mix CD's, just straight up albums.
My feeling is that if you can't afford a CD, you don't deserve to have it, no matter what you think of the company putting it out. I can't afford a Mercedes, but that doesnt' mean that my hatred towards European automakers gives me the right to steal a Mercedes. It means if I want one, I have to save for it.
Stealing is stealing, music hasn't been public domain for years, so quit your bitching
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