would not be a concern for me, do not download much, also they are going after people who have over 10,000 files and then may go down from there.
the music/recording industry is run by morons. Universal in Canada just lowered the price from $20 to $15 this is a good step but shows how profitable they can be, also other CDs are going down 30%. They always argue that they have to invest in upstart acts and that is where most of the money goes, this is BS. Most record acts spend a limited budget on new bands, and usually try to find product that fit in a marketing segment...ie. boy bands a few years ago,
also the product for the most part is bad, most people I know do not want the whole album they just want one song or two, the recording industry seems to forgotten the concept album. These would be albums that you would want to listen to from beginning to end, with many good songs.
taking your customers to court is just plain foolish, also they were talking about putting viruses so when you download your computer would have trouble.
the record industry should lower the prices to $9.99, also put in bonus item, notes on the songs and the odd track bonus. also set up a downloading service that includes every major label, you can download for .25-.50 a song. or so many a month for $10-$20 a month. can you imagine the cashflow they would have had every month if they charged everyone using napster (a few years back) $15 a month.
by the way technology always changes the business model, it use to be bands would tour to support the album, most of the tours were lucky to break even. money was made on album sales. Now most of the high value bands will go on long tours and make hundreds of millions (billions soon) and are extremely profitable. just look at the ticket prices for some of the established acts.
thanks
selkirk
