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In Reply to: Another case for Streaming Services posted by AbeCollins on January 20, 2020 at 15:55:41:
" The point is, I see no need to ever buy another CD or vinyl LP because pretty much everything I want can be had at CD quality or better via streaming."
Sorry to bang on about this again but the fly in your ointment is that no lossless streaming service has yet posted a profit. So there is no indication that any will be in business this time next year.
Further the typical cashflow needs of small specialist record companies (say, classical, folk or jazz repertoire) cannot be sustained solely by payments from streaming royalties both in terms of size and with regard to the distribution points. Which is why some companies who have understood this withhold their repertoire from streaming (then you have to buy the CDs or downloads). My belief is that unless things change others will start to realise this too. Or go out of business.
In addition there is also the possibility that repertoire can be withdrawn from a given streaming service so that it can be offered exclusively to another though this tends to be in relation to big pop music artists rather then in regard to specialist repertoire.
So, if a particular title is important to me then I will still purchase it to ensure my long term access. Otherwise there is a reasonable chance that I will get up one day, go to stream it and it is no longer there.
"We need less, but better" - Dieter Rams
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Follow Ups
- RE: Another case for Streaming Services - PAR 03:15:15 01/21/20 (19)
- RE: Another case for Streaming Services - CG 10:30:48 01/21/20 (0)
- "So there is no indication that any will be in business this time next year. " - E-Stat 09:19:08 01/21/20 (3)
- RE: "So there is no indication that any will be in business this time next year. " - PAR 09:59:40 01/21/20 (2)
- Do you know how much it costs to remaster and release classic analog recordings - jdaniel@jps.net 09:57:35 01/23/20 (0)
- RE: "So there is no indication that any will be in business this time next year. " - E-Stat 11:16:19 01/21/20 (0)
- Scary thought! - Ivan303 08:50:18 01/21/20 (12)
- RE: Scary thought! - PAR 09:27:44 01/21/20 (11)
- thanks for posting that! Crappy, homogenous, white washing - Sordidman 07:45:14 01/23/20 (2)
- RE: thanks for posting that! Crappy, homogenous, white washing - PAR 08:13:04 01/23/20 (1)
- Hi Par.... I am agreeing with you 100% and adding on - Sordidman 09:47:28 01/23/20 (0)
- A lot has changed since......................................... - Kal Rubinson 14:12:48 01/22/20 (2)
- RE: A lot has changed since......................................... - PAR 14:41:09 01/22/20 (1)
- Thanks for your posts and conveying your knowledge here - Sordidman 10:20:28 01/23/20 (0)
- Keywords: "No NEW classical releases" (emphasis mine)... - Ivan303 10:20:09 01/21/20 (3)
- For once, he's right. ;-) - Kal Rubinson 14:10:28 01/22/20 (0)
- "I find the idea of having to stream music from Amazon as having little appeal" - Chris from Lafayette 11:18:49 01/21/20 (1)
- +1 :-) -t - Sordidman 11:15:57 01/23/20 (0)
- I wonder how much majors actually make from "specialist" disc sales though - Chris from Lafayette 10:18:52 01/21/20 (0)
- RE: Another case for Streaming Services - AbeCollins 07:11:15 01/21/20 (0)
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