02-08-2007, 02:12 PM
[quote Sam3]Dvorak's dead on, for a change.
I like this as well:
" I would like to finish with the marketing observation that the record industry hates. During the heyday of Napster and open free music sharing and trading, when million of people swapped songs, the CD business was booming. Once Napster was shut down, and along with it the social network of music discovery, sales began to plummet. They are still falling.
Apparently these people are clueless about their own industry and how it works."
So true. The CD industry got hurt by Napster. Steve Miller complained that his sales of "Greatest Hits" which year after year provided him decent income fell off the table when Napster was in bloom.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1190724.stm
I like this as well:
" I would like to finish with the marketing observation that the record industry hates. During the heyday of Napster and open free music sharing and trading, when million of people swapped songs, the CD business was booming. Once Napster was shut down, and along with it the social network of music discovery, sales began to plummet. They are still falling.
Apparently these people are clueless about their own industry and how it works."
So true. The CD industry got hurt by Napster. Steve Miller complained that his sales of "Greatest Hits" which year after year provided him decent income fell off the table when Napster was in bloom.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1190724.stm