They're a pack of liars!

Makes sense, I still buy the CD if it's good, or if it's a band I really like. I'm not gonna waste the money to get one decent single and 12 tracks of crap though.

I'd say I buy more CDs than I did before downloading, since I can give it a listen first and decide if it's worth the cash. I'm fully aware that if I don't support an artist that I enjoy, they won't be putting out more music.

now hold on, that's not quite good enuff for me though.

yeah the band quality sucks, back in the '70's bands strove to sound *different* from each other, and the played real instruments and didn't lipsynch! also riaa sucks...stop sueing your customers and let us copy our bought cd's dammit. also drms suck, i'm not buying a cd with a drm so ferget it. also the hard ware quality of cd's blows chunks, they scratch too easiliy and they wear ut too blasted quickly. lastly, the encoding format sucks, the dynamic range is piss poor compared to vinyl and everything sounds loud, tinny, and too many nuances are lost. bottom line, your product bites.

I agree. digital music is good at a party scene, just set up a play list and let it roll. CDs rock so much more than digital because you actually connect with the band in a way. they took the time to write it, record it, master it, package it and sell it, so i think its only right to buy the damn thing.



/in a band
//CDs FTW!

If it's something I really like, I'll go one better. I'll buy it on vinyl.

/especially like vinyl when it comes with free digital download

NakedReporta: /especially like vinyl when it comes with free digital download

This is the best thing ever.

Yeah. Sure they'll buy it. People who say "if I download an album for free and like it, I'll go buy it" are like the people who say "I wish McDonald's had healthy food". They won't do it.

Gravyguts: CDs rock so much more than digital

Not that I disagree with you at all about the benefits of having your music in a physical form, but CDs *are* digital.

Really? The WHOLE album?!? You're saying there are bands out there with an ENTIRE album's worth of interesting music? Pshaw.

/Remember when CDs cost $12 and we thought they'd only get cheaper?

/Remember when CDs cost $12 and we thought they'd only get cheaper?



No, actually. I remember when they cost 19.95 and then Napster came out, and unlike 9/11, everything actually did change after that.


I'm not trying to be snarky, but I honestly don't ever remember a time when cd's were even reasonably priced. I would always buy the Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs version if it were available, because it was only like 3 dollars more, and sounded worlds better.


I buy more cd's now than ever before, and it's all because Napster started a revolution that made music easier to listen to. The RIAA needs to DIAF.

Moses To Sandy Koufax:
I'm not trying to be snarky, but I honestly don't ever remember a time when cd's were even reasonably priced. I would always buy the Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs version if it were available, because it was only like 3 dollars more, and sounded worlds better.

Sorry you weren't around for that. Not including bargain bin stuff, CDs have never been cheaper than when they first came out in the 80s. It's the only single product I can think of that's only raised in price, though not for lack of supply or increase in intrinsic value.

I recently started paying for Rhapsody, and I'm so pleased with the service that I see very little need to buy CD's at all. Or to pirate music, at that. They unfortunately don't carry The Beatles, though, which has turned out to be my only big problem with them.

I hate BS piracy complaints. Truth is, most piracy is either done by kids that don't have money to be spending on it... or people are pirating things they wouldn't want to spend money on. Even when it comes to videogame and movie piracy, people are usually pirating the stuff they wouldn't normally watch or play.

Additionally, most the people I know that pirate still buy the games, movies and CDs they REALLY want or love.

Piracy, for the most part, only takes money out of the hands of the distributor of the CD... and only turns MORE people onto good music... which in turn gets more people to listen and buy from that artist.

If music wasn't so heavily pirated even more bands would be left in obscurity.

FuDude: Yeah. Sure they'll buy it. People who say "if I download an album for free and like it, I'll go buy it" are like the people who say "I wish McDonald's had healthy food". They won't do it.

It was proven last year that people who pirate music buy MORE CDs than those who don't.

Personally, I can say that 100% of the music I've bought in the last 6 years is from stuff I downloaded for free.

I've discovered entire genres of music that I wouldn't have been aware of if it hadn't been for file sharing.

Kaybeck: FuDude: Yeah. Sure they'll buy it. People who say "if I download an album for free and like it, I'll go buy it" are like the people who say "I wish McDonald's had healthy food". They won't do it.

It was proven last year that people who pirate music buy MORE CDs than those who don't.

Personally, I can say that 100% of the music I've bought in the last 6 years is from stuff I downloaded for free.

I've discovered entire genres of music that I wouldn't have been aware of if it hadn't been for file sharing.

Exactly. Artists that radios and MTV are trying to force people into liking by promoting and advertising them may not be making as much money... as as much as they could, but that's simply because people are getting into more music and buying the stuff they only really really like.

I mean, I go as far as importing special versions of their CDs, or go out of my way to get every single and ever LP I can get a hold of.

Money is just getting more spread around as people have access to more options when it comes to music. They don't HAVE to buy all the commercial crap out of ignorance now...

You know, the article's pretty on. People of an "older" generation want physical product, but want to sample the goods first.

/has 2500 CDs
//goes to WinMX to check out new stuff
///not ashamed

y'know, the product doesn't sound as good as 30 years ago.
i can't share it like i did 30 years ago without being threatened with lawsuits that might bankrupt me.
the music 30 years ago was performed mostly by actual artists and performers on actual instruments who actually sang and wrote their own stuff.
analog recording technology rocks! listen to queen's bohemian rhapsody off of vinyl some day on a tube amp. *sublime*. freddy mercury almost lost that during recording due to tape fatigue and burn through.
why the hell should i pay a penny today for something clearly inferior to what was produced 30 years ago?
hell i can buy vinyl today and have it transferred to a high grade cd with a high grade dynamic format for a price though, and then get a decent vinyl standard reproduction.
i'll tell you the riaa sucks and the whole industry is rotten to the core and deserves to diaf.
oh and the same goes with their miserable "downloadable files". substandard crapola.

I can't help but feel that people 15-25 or so are stuck in a generation gap. In those late teen years, we pirated music because well, we didn't have credit cards. We didn't grow up obsessing over CDs like our older cousins. Meanwhile, kids coming up today will think it's normal to pay $1 for a small GIF on their Facebook profile. The lost generation will simply wash away when corporate control of politics steps it up a little bit more.