-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Raymond E. Feist Sent: Wednesday, 23 November 2011 2:02 AM To: feistfans-l Subject: Re: Digital Publishing
On Nov 22, 2011, at 6:56 AM, Nick Andrews wrote: > The music industry did it to themselves by screwing the consumer on cd > prices, so too bad for them. Artists and pseudo-musicians probably > get almost as much from an itunes sale as they did from a cd sale > costing ten times as much. And while Ticketmaster continues to > royally screw concert goers with their ridiculous markups and fees, at > least the bands make some decent money off of touring. Now that is > hard work, especially for these old guys like Steven Tyler and Co! > REF replied: LOL. They never "screwed" the consumer on CD prices. It's a common perception from anyone who isn't in the business or who doesn't have a degree in marketing, but that's not what happened. I don't know about anywhere else in the world, but I do remember two government enquiries in Australia in which CD prices came up. The official conclusion was Australian consumers were being considerably overcharged for CDs in Australia. Being an avid music fan, who has bought a lot of CDs, during the 80's and 90's, CDs were $30, now new CDs are generally $20. Although some music stores still sell CDs for $30. While not promoting piracy, the one legitimate benefit brought CD prices back to a reasonable price in line with the rest of the world in Australia. Bryan
