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'Nearly 100 per cent of music fans copy music illegally'

Poll reveals fans' downloading and copying habits

Tue 17 Jun, 2008

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There's a lot of disinformation flying around these comments. Record companies see no revenue from touring and merchandise unless they have a new 360 degree deal with an artist and there are very few of them so those suggesting they make millions from this area are wrong. This idea that record companies have been ripping us off for years? Not sure how you get to that to be honest, an album ar full price costs £12.99 and lasts for as long as you want it. 30 years of entertainment for £13? That's a round of drinks so in terms of value I would suggest we need to be a little less dramatic in our terminology. Granted, the cost of the cd isn't huge in itself but recording and three tax hits don't help the economics and remember your favourite band want some of that £12.99 as well. We can debate what a fair price is for an album but clearly it can't be £0 as no artist can record for absolutely nothing and, ultimately, your favourite artists will cease to record if they can't maintain some income from being an artist. Before everyone screams about them making huge profits from touring, get under the 2000 capacity mark and you'll be lucky to make any significant money from touring, more likely you'll be cap in hand to the label for tour support. And where does that come from? Yep, record sales...And finally, whoever is complaining that record labels don't stop ticket touts, that would be a job for the promoters who have demanded anti touting measures from the government several times and got nowhere. Pick your targets correctly people.

Wed 18 Jun, 2008

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