Comments on: Canadian P2P download study criticised

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:08:01 +0000

There was a study done and reported on the BBC News website about how there are less new CD releases (titles) than the previous year (this was about two years ago) and that if the recording industry would have put out the same amount of titles, they would have shown an increase in sales instead of a decline.

But then again with the lack of talent the music industry is pushing, more titles would mean more crap to complain about.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:43:31 +0000

Liebowitz, I know why CD sales are declining. If you want to know that too, give me a call!

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or wait,…. CD sales are declining because you saturated the market by putting too much crap on it! Consumer market is finite, and so is the time we spend on entertainment. So, the best course of action is to put less crap on the market and putting more stuff that is actually worth buying.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:33:37 +0000

Truth hurts, eh Liebowitz?

By: Coconut1967

Coconut1967 — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:34:12 +0000

This is so stupid and so simple. How many times does one person buy the same CD twice? If I already own a CD I do not need to purchase it again therefore CD sales will naturally drop over the years and not increase. There is not enough new music most people wish to purchase so new CD’s are not selling as much as the older CD’s/Bands. Today when a new song comes out people sample the CD and if they don’t like it they will just get the song they like, again this equals less CD’s sold. Even without file sharing CD sales will go down naturally as people already own the CD.
CD’s are different than records or tapes as they do not wear out. How can anyone expect CD sales to grow at a constant rate? It makes no sense at all. In the past I have had to buy cassettes more than once. I don’t have to do that with CD’s.
File sharing does increase music sales as does a radio station, no different. If I hear a song I like I will search for it. If I like the whole CD I would buy that CD. (For the record since RIAA has started suing everyone I have move my purchases overseas)
If they want to see a music sales increase again they need to make CD’s obsolete and hope everyone move to the new medium. Then and only then will they see higher music sales.

All of these studies are stupid, it is common sense why CD sales are lower.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:15:42 +0000

if i want to support the artist i’l pay for a concert ticket since most of the money from album sales goes to the fatcats !!

By: mlauzon

mlauzon — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:10:36 +0000

The problem is, everyone — who is anyone — knows that Stan Liebowitz is just a mouthpiece for the RIAA, etc…!

By: JD2

JD2 — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:50:39 +0000

The downside about any of these studies is the fact that they try to show download vs cd sales. They do not look at the rise of indie music, streaming digital music, used CD sales, the death of the single, less talented artists, and other avenues of distribution. No, they are so quick to blame downloading on cd sales when the two are not directly related in a left right sort of argument. When they do the studies do they look at the declining “mainstream” cd sales in relationship to “indie” cd sales? As a member of Emusic I find myself discovering new artists all the time and not the ones that are manufactured from the aa’s and such. As long as there are people in decision making positions who are willing to accept “donations” from lobbying groups paid for by the corporations then we will continue to see such “Professors” in education siding with the corporations.