las <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>If napster is bad for the music industry, then how come sales are up
>since Napster started??
That doesn't mean that Napster is responsible for increased sales at all.
The economy is way up since Napster was started. Maybe sales would be up
even more if Napster didn't exist? We don't know.
>My oldest son made a good point when I was talking to him on the
>phone last night.[snip] he felt that must people don't download to
>save the money on a CD. They do it to sample.
Again, "most" is *very* optimistic. *Some* people use Napster to
"sample." But let's get real -- "most" do not. Most people just want a
lot of cool songs on their computer, or they want to copy them onto MD or
CD or tape. They like a single song, and don't want to buy the whole
album. If everyone here asked everyone they know who has used Napster how
many songs they have downloaded, and how many of those songs they have:
1) Downloaded and subsequently purchased the CD
2) Downloaded and didn't purchase the CD, but kept the song
3) Downloaded, didn't like at all, so immediately deleted
...your argument is that "most" people would have large numbers of 1 and
3, but no 2. I think reality is that the vast majority of numbers would
fall into #2.
>He feels that no fan is going to download entire CDs. They want the
>liner notes, graphics etc.
"Hardcore" fans, yes. But hardcore fans don't make up the bulk of revenue
for bands or record companies. Every band has hardcore fans that will buy
everything they release. But it's the non-hardcore fans, those who make
up the bulk of record sales, that mean the difference between poor sales
and good sales, or good sales and platinum sales. These fans buy the CD
because it's the only way to get the album. Make it easy for these fans
to get the music otherwise, and many won't buy the CD.
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