Prices of music downloads
Discussion
Ok so last night i was sitting browsing through i-tunes, which isnt unusual and just about to click "buy it" on an album, when i spotted that play.com were £1.50 cheaper for the CD than i-tunes were for the download, replicated this check on the rest of the albums i wanted and saved best part of £12 buying the CD's instead of downloading.
Now given that with a CD they have to produce the disk ship it to a third party, store it, then sell it and forward it on, surely this should be the other way round.
Now given that with a CD they have to produce the disk ship it to a third party, store it, then sell it and forward it on, surely this should be the other way round.
Should be cheaper to download but when has the music industry done anything sensible?
They then complain about piracy etc. (no, I don't download music)
Just give us the album for 2/3 or 1/2 the price of a cd without any DRM etc and you'll probably see your sales increasing. Plus, it would be nice to have all labels in the same online store. You don't have to go into HMV to get one artist and Virgin to get another so why should you have to online?
They then complain about piracy etc. (no, I don't download music)
Just give us the album for 2/3 or 1/2 the price of a cd without any DRM etc and you'll probably see your sales increasing. Plus, it would be nice to have all labels in the same online store. You don't have to go into HMV to get one artist and Virgin to get another so why should you have to online?
kiwisr said:
Maybe it isn't. CD's cost literally pennies to manufacture, maybe the cost of processing and distibuting it online actually cost similar or a bit more due to expensive IT costs.
Maybe so, but i would find it hard to believe that electronic distribution in bulk is more expensive than physical..... i shall certainly be going back to buying the physical for the time beingDontlift said:
kiwisr said:
Maybe it isn't. CD's cost literally pennies to manufacture, maybe the cost of processing and distibuting it online actually cost similar or a bit more due to expensive IT costs.
Maybe so, but i would find it hard to believe that electronic distribution in bulk is more expensive than physical..... i shall certainly be going back to buying the physical for the time beingFor over a year now i have sampled music via i-tunes and then bought the album if i wanted it etc and always downloaded rather than purchasing the physical, but i dont see the point of paying more for this, and also at the same time having my music purchase restricted to just my ipod.
In fact the more i think about it the more this is starting to boil my piss
In fact the more i think about it the more this is starting to boil my piss
In the light of all this piracy etc threads, What is the concensous re the Russian sites which state they are legal. I have used gomusic.ru a few times as they state its legal. I used it for marginal bands that I had seen at "v" to see if I liked the albums before purchasing the cd. Itunes is great software but the store is a bit limited and imo expensive at 79p per track especially when its cheaper in the USA and Europe.rip off britain I suppose
99% of the music im into is not availible on CD.
www.beatport.com < thats the main place for me
junobeats
djdownloads
etc etc
www.beatport.com < thats the main place for me
junobeats
djdownloads
etc etc
Any one tried this at all http://www.we7.com/public/browse/All, as far as I can see you can get a free download (with a dodgy ad at the beginning ) or pay for it with no ad
kiwisr said:
Maybe it isn't. CD's cost literally pennies to manufacture, maybe the cost of processing and distibuting it online actually cost similar or a bit more due to expensive IT costs.
I have a two track EP and a one track single for sale on iTunes, Napster, etc. The total charged to me by the intermediary who maintains all of my music in all of the online music stores is about £10 per year... so I don't believe that a CD should work out cheaper.siwil1 said:
In the light of all this piracy etc threads, What is the concensous re the Russian sites which state they are legal. I have used gomusic.ru a few times as they state its legal. I used it for marginal bands that I had seen at "v" to see if I liked the albums before purchasing the cd. Itunes is great software but the store is a bit limited and imo expensive at 79p per track especially when its cheaper in the USA and Europe.rip off britain I suppose
The Russian sites are only legal in Russia, if you're outwith there that's not the case.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe...
I've yet to understand how it's legal to bar UK users from downloading music from EU music stores too. It's a bit like saying you're not allowed to go over to france to buy your cheap beer.
Hmmmm....
Were the albums that you ordered recent releases?
Often big distribution stores will buy up unsold stock from high street retail returns at very low cost.
Whatever format you buy music is actually very cheap now. The knock on prices and income levels in the rest of the industry are reducing all the time to meet increasingly difficult consumer demands.
Often big distribution stores will buy up unsold stock from high street retail returns at very low cost.
Whatever format you buy music is actually very cheap now. The knock on prices and income levels in the rest of the industry are reducing all the time to meet increasingly difficult consumer demands.
Tycho said:
Just give us the album for 2/3 or 1/2 the price of a cd without any DRM etc and you'll probably see your sales increasing. Plus, it would be nice to have all labels in the same online store. You don't have to go into HMV to get one artist and Virgin to get another so why should you have to online?
I agree.- Ive used emusic in the past, which is good, if they have what your after.
- But really unless i by the cd (which i do too often) i just optain it otherwise.
If i could buy non-DRM mp3's for simular price or small saving over the CD i would.
Daniel
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