Record companies making less money

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26 February 2002, 12:07 PM

Dan A

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Well it looks like the record companies who have ripped the public off are now not making as much as they expected.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/new_media/newsid_1841000/1841768.stm

Drop the prices and maybe they dont stiff the public for £17 for an album and they will get people buying their stuff.

Napster was the forefront for music swapping but there are lots of other things around to enable downloads of music.

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26 February 2002, 12:10 PM

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Woulnd't mind to much about the price if more went to the artist

Instead it lines the fatcat label owners pockets.

Vote Independent ! (record labels that is)

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26 February 2002, 05:04 PM

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anyone remember circa 1984 (i think) with the arrival of compact disc and how albums (which were about £5.99 at the time) were going to become cheaper because of how cheap it was to produce compared to vinyl etc.

that happened didnt it...............................

I wonder if the person who issued the above publicity statement know works in government...