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| From | "Andrew Hickey" <stealthmunchkin@lycos.co.uk> |
| Subject | Re: Universal Music cuts CD prices (warning: industry rant) |
| Date | Fri, 5 Sep 2003 16:51:55 +0100 |
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bryan wrote:
> And what's
> next? The majors are selecting a specific economic strata (if that's
> the right word, probably not) who not only own computers, but
> have the software for downloading their tracks (individually),
> tranferring that to some other kind of expensive digital player,
> whether it's an iTunes, or whatever....And so, what about the
> kids who can't afford it -- they're cut out of the music "owning"
> loop, right?
And not only that, but it'll be those *with a credit card* too - something
even some of us who *do* have a computer and net access don't have (and the
only reason I've ever used P2P services - there are many albums I'd buy but
which are not available in the UK, and I can't use a credit card to buy them
from a US retailer...)
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