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Re: Sad indeed

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You know there is this distrust between the record companies and the buying public. It would be very interesting to have a record company explain how much they made off of each CD that they sell and where all of the expenses go. We the buying public have this feeling of being ripped off buying a 10cent silver disc for say $15. It wasn't that way with vinyl records because they seemed much more substantial (had insets, posters and pictures that you actually see), plus there was an aura about them. You couldn't copy an LP - sure you could tape it but the sound was lousy plus a cassette was even cheaper feeling than a CD. Also, the record was a technical marvel (who is not thrilled today that a small needle can reproduce that sound and what percentage of us really know how it works).
So, when you have to pay $15 for cheap piece of plastic and then it comes with a warning that it is a federal expense to copy it for your friends, you could be excused for being pissed off before you even play the thing.
Record companies need to rebuild the trust that they used to have with the buying public. In my view these companies were sort of our heroes because the brought us all of this amazing music and were always on the lookout for new acts, and seemed to have expertise in finding great new artists and promoting them. They have gone from this point to being pretty much despised and looked upon as "profiteers" by the buying public, their own bread and butter.
Based on their brainwashing the public that CDs sounded better than LPs and were "perfect sound forever" maybe they deserve everything that they now have. However most of us would like to be able to collect music in a format that sounded decent and was readily available. Fences could be mended.
How to proceed ? Open the books up and give us an explanation as to why we are being given value in the product and maybe even consider reducing the price of the product as a goodwill gesture.
That would be a start.

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