EOS Re: [OFF TOPIC] price of (digital) content

[Henry Posner/B&H Photo-Video]

At 03:22 AM 05/23/2001, you wrote:
>What do you base this on? The cost of printing the CD? What about the
>artists (or other people in the chain)... how do you think they support
>themselves if they don't get money from their product?

I'd feel better about paying 15+ per CD if I thought a significant per 
centage of it was trickling down to the artists (and I know all about 
advances paid to non commercial newbies for studio time, promotion, etc.) 
The fact is that of the 15+ you pay, not much reaches the artist, and 
reducing the price of a product which costs pennies to mass produce 
shouldn't take one dime from their pockets.

IMHO this is qualitatively different than a single photographer selling 
prints to a customer.
--
regards,
Henry Posner
Director of Sales and Training
B&H Photo-Video, and Pro-Audio Inc.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com

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