Pat - Thanks for the chuckle from your rambling comments, my words were not directed at you at all, not directly or by innuendo. Reread what I wrote if you care to, I was talking broadly about a problem in the music industry. WARNING - NEXT COMMENT NOT DIRECTED AT YOU - I find it both troubling, and ironic, that apparently so many Squeeze customers, who presumably are music enthusiasts, are unable to understand the inter-relationship of the health of the music industry to their continued ability to obtain and enjoy new music from a wide variety of artists. If a large percentage of music distribution continues to be through illegal sources, there will be fewer music companies, fewer artists, fewer new artists, and less music being produced. I'd argue that "free" music is much too expensive because of these consequences.
Maybe I misread what I see on these forums - it's the carping about availability, distribution rights of the various internet radio sites, limitations on use, ads, size of collections, etc., that tells me there is widespread misunderstanding here about what is going on in the world. No question that RIAA and music companies have been in panic mode for last 5-10+ years - they don't know what to do, they're frantic, they make stupid decisions. But the storm hasn't passed. And for Mr. Dwarf - If you think albums are crappy, I think more blame belongs with the artists than with the record companies, but there's probably enough blame to go around for everyone. And, by the way, this is not a new phenomenon - it's been this way for at least the 40 years I have actively been a music fan. Piracy is the biggest problem. I agree, you should not pay $16 for a crappy album with only one or two good songs. And today, it is easier than ever before to just pay for what you want to have. And if everyone pays for what they have, the problem goes away, and the DRM issue (which I also hate) becomes moot. -- Goodsounds ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50531 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
