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By smitty3268 on 12/10/2006 1:09:59 AM , Rating: 5
Agreed - the people who steal are still going to steal, and the people who buy music are still going to buy. Which kind of makes the whole DRM thing pointless and hopefully the music companies will see it is just a waste of their money.

By sbanjac on 12/10/2006 4:28:03 AM , Rating: 2
You know what comes to my mind? I don't listen to a lot of music, so i dont buy it. But i think to my self: if the music were to be cheaper a lot more people would buy it. Why does an singer deserves to be payed 100x as an PhD? That ain't right if you ask me. What makes them so much worth? If they lower the prices so that everyone earns a good salary, it can be more than the sallaries of a professor at the university or a PhD in any field, but at max 5x. They just make to much money.

By Brainonska511 on 12/10/2006 6:40:09 PM , Rating: 3
You should remember that MOST bands make jack sh!t off of record sales. Most of the money from records goes into the big label studio pockets. Artists make more money off of touring. The only time artists make any real money off of CDs is if they are REALLY big or if they are signed to an independent label (but with that, they wouldn't be selling too many CDs).

By glennpratt on 12/10/2006 6:56:42 PM , Rating: 3
Very few artists make that much.

By dgouldin on 12/11/2006 9:42:51 AM , Rating: 2
Such a completely uninformed statement. Learn a little bit about the profession you're bashing before you open your mouth.

By Oregonian2 on 12/11/2006 4:02:48 PM , Rating: 2
I read a book about how the music business works (written for people who might like to get into it). Artists usually make very little from recordings with most all of the money going to the big companies. Massively so. About the only artist who actually gets a fair shake is he or her who writes the music. Writer maintains a cut as dictated by law (not that tremendous of a percentage, but something not insignificant).

That's undoubtedly why the record companies are now trying to negotiate that writer-payment down. That way they can have it ALL to themselves.




