================================================ Subject: Re: Seems our music thieves have moved on to easier targets From: "Keith Mears" To: Date: Sat 9 Mar 2002 00:03:12 -0500 ================================================ >RIAA are greedy! They would not lower the prices of their CDs. Wow! Who knew that the RIAA MADE CD's, rather than just CERTIFYING them for gold/platinum/multi-platinum/diamond status? >If they lowered the price of the CD. Then there would be no need for people to download the music. It would be >easier to just buy the music. More albums would be sold. Wait, I thought people STEALING the music from the Internet had no effect on album sales.... >The price for CDs have been high for awhile. I was hoping that the presence of Napster, and services similar, would >make the record companies become less greedy. It didn't happen that way. Of course not, Jim. If everyone in your neighborhood started stealing all their meat from the local supermarket, would you expect the price of the remaining meat to go DOWN? Think about it. Oh, and I thought it was the RIAA that set the prices for CD's.... >Anyway! Technology allows for the free music. So because the advent of the Internet has made it so easy to STEAL, we should all forget that THEFT IS A CRIME. >Buy it, if you want to. Thanks, I will, with or without your permission. >But, it is more practical, to get it for free. Sure, it's ALWAYS going to be easier to STEAL something, right? Oh wait, you're a Linux user, you don't HAVE to steal. >The record company will gouge us! Again, which is it, Jim? Are the record labels the ones setting CD prices, or is that done by the RIAA? You DO know they're totally separate entities, right? >Regardless to the amount of unpaying music listeners. WRONG. The more people STEAL, the harder it's going to be to get the price of CDs down to a more reasonable level. It's simple economics, Jim. To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp