mlsstl;530391 Wrote: > Actually, the music industry sales were dropping before that. If you > check the RIAA "Key Statistics" for the period before, (1999 to 2003), > you'll find their record sales dropped 18% in total dollar value in > that period. > > That is -before- downloading was very common since most people were > still on dial-up connections. > > While piracy is certainly an issue, it is too convenient a fall guy to > pin the rap on. Every time there is a change in the music sales scene, > they need someone to blame. Back in January of 1941, the fall guy was > radio and ASCAP refused to renew broadcast rights for the stations. > Ironically, that resulted in the creation of BMI and the introduction > of gospel, blues and country music to the USA at large. Fast forward a > couple of years and you have "rock 'n roll"! Talk about the law of > unintended consequences. > > I'm sure you can find people who complained that LPs screwed up the > sales of singles or that 78s screwed up both the sales of wax cylinders > and sheet music. A double whammy! > > However, there is sales growth in areas of the recorded music business. > They just haven't figured out how to transition it to fully supplant the > natural decline of an aging format that had been their cash cow for many > years. > > If you look at history, that story seems awfully familiar. > > ;-) To add to that, the industry was against CD for the same reason : copying. At the time they were claiming cassettes were destroying their sales and that CD would give the final blow.
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