Rob Myers wrote:
On 6 Apr 2006, at 17:10, Graham Seaman wrote:
I queried this on the main portuguese free software list and have so
far had two replies; both emphasizing that the Portuguese economy is
currently in a poor way and people have little money to spend on
anything. One suggested that if VAT on music was dropped to 5% so it
was on a more level playing field with books, sales might
increase; the other, that the decline in the Portuguese music
industry is not as dramatic as that in more basic industries such
as textiles.
Great! The Guardian needs to be told about that.
Please don't yet. That was just the initial reaction (which it seems may
be the line also coming from some of the larger Portuguese
distributors). Since then, I've been told that the comment on Portugal
in the Guardian article was actually a reflection of a major campaign
the music industry has been running in Portugal which has actually
sparked enough of a reaction that lots of people are now discussing how
they can form a digital rights organisation, what a free-culture.pt
should do, etc. :-)
If anyone else here reads Portuguese I can pass on links, otherwise I
could try to translate some of this. Would there be any point for
anyone? Where would I put it? I guess I could try to write this up as a
little news story for the Guardian ('music industry shoots self in
foot') independently of anything else we do to reply to the original
article, but not sure if I have the time/knowledge to do so... Or do we
form an international? Sugggestions?
Graham
The Long Tail Blog points out that the margins are higher on
downloads and ringtones.
We've also just had the first UK number one due to downloads.
- Rob.
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