dbinder101 wrote: > https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8097929/best-buy-to-pull-cds-target-threatens-to-pay-labels-for-cds-only-when > > So, does this mean we won't be able to rip music to our internal > libraries anymore? :eek:
I believe this is more of a merchandising decision, Best Buy can make more money selling other products in the space that is allocated to CD's. Last year they sold over $40MM in CD's, and this probably means someone has figured out they can get even more $/sq ft selling different products. I do think that the CD will be relegated to the big online shops or specialty stores in cities. I imagine with Amazon in the market, the margins have shrunk. According to the RIAA, physical sales have been shrinking, but CD's along with vinyl still represent 16% of all music sales, or $431MM last year. Streaming is 62% of all music sales. The best thing about CDs is that they offer the biggest bang for the buck. They are priced low, and you can rip into any type of file you want. Although for me they are simply a back-up disc after I have ripped them. Location 1: ReadyNAS Ultra 2 4TB > RPi3 > LMS 7.9.0 > 2 Touch, 1 Duet Controller: Nexus 7 >Orange Squeeze Music: Ripping (FLAC) dbpoweramp, Tagging: mp3tag ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bomboloni's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=57289 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108681 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
