On Sunday, January 26, 2003, at 05:37 PM, Steve Holroyd wrote:...
the publishers have a perfect alibi for > why CD sales are declining. Not necessarily as perfect as one might think. During the boom- boom height of Napster's popularity, CD sales were at all- time highs and continually breaking records (no pun intended.) Suddenly, when RIAA et al. started their push to stop Napster, CD sales began to slide. The further they pushed, the farther they slid. It might not be a cause and effect relationship, though. The US economy also started to slide at about the same time. However, I don't rule it out by any means. It's perfectly plausible to me that by sampling new records, being frustrated by slow d/l times, inferior recordings, etc., that many consumers may have been exposed to songs they otherwise wouldn't have and were thus compelled to buy the CD. With court ruling making it more difficult, maybe that's what's causing the slowdown of sales. Who knows for certain? dave PS- BTW, I'll now excuse myself from this grossly OT thread (everyone else has been saying that so I thought I wight as well, also;) -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
