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Originally posted by holtmate
I read in Billboard's Aug 16 issue that the major retail chains (Best Buy, Target, Wal Mart) have supposedly decided to confront them on the issue of cd prices. I tried to link to the article, but Billboard demands quite the high subscription price...
The gist of the article was that the stores wanted lower prices, and if the record labels didn't comply, they would greatly reduce their music stock.
If that is actually true, it could mean cheaper cds in the near future!
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That would be pretty cool, especially as Wal-Mart is the only store I know of that actually buys the clean versions of popular CDs. The record companies would practically have to stop producing those.
The downside, however, is that the RIAA will then be able to come down harder on filesharing in public, because with less stock out, less will be bought and more will be traded. D'oh.
