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Maybe CD sales have fallen in part due to file sharing, but I would also say that we shouldn't be expected to buy when lots of crappy music is churned out these days. Besides, what's the shelf life of a song -- like 3 minutes? I mean I can turn on the radio today and hear the newest Linkin Park/Puddle of Mudd/Justin song, which sounds very similar to the one released last month, and will be very similar to the one next month.
The rapid pace of the industry should share the blame, I think. If they created a system where a new album is yesterday's news by the time it hits the shelf (especially since the "teaser" single was released 2 months prior and has already played through the charts to #2 and back down again), can they blame me for not bothering to buy such a short-lived product?
Anyway, I do buy CDs. Lots of them. Some have a long shelf-life: the Offspring's Americana still sees regular radio play, for instance, and it's 5 years old. But, I do understand why sales could be dropping. Between the radio, MTV, and Mitsubishi commercials, we have plenty of other non-pirating places to get our tunes.
However, I will flip sides here at the end and note that the few high schoolers I know rip CDs from offline LIKE IT'S GOING OUT OF STYLE (erm... which it may be).
Howabout rather than the record industry suing parents (who aren't the ones at fault) they lobby Congress to pass a law mandating detention and community service after school for ripping files? that would get 90% of the wrongdoers. [img]graemlins/biglaugh.gif[/img]
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