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BlueRay Struggles as Video is Going the Way of Music; Downloads

In a down economy, BlueRay is struggling. Nobody is buying the players or the movies. There is another reason why nobody’s buying. You can simply download what you need now. I can watch whatever I want by downloading them in high definition to my PC or Tivo. My cable company also offers OnDemand.  If I [...]

RIAA Message: Download Free Music But Don’t Download Free Music

The Offspring and Coldplay made free song downloads available to in an effort to promote their albums. We see this strategy all the time from record companies. Those of you that are familiar with the iTunes Free Single of the Week will know what I’m talking about. This strategy confuses me though, since the RIAA [...]

My Last Trip to a Record Store

While in Chicago 2 weeks ago, I visited a place that has so far survived the shakeout of record stores from the commercial landscape, Rolling Stone Records. It was one of the only places on the Northwest side of Chicago that for many years you’d be sure to find that single or album that you [...]

Give Me a Reason to Buy a CD Over a Download

Well of course we know part of the answer to why people don’t buy CDs anymore would be because they have been downloading music. Sure, that is part of it, but haven’t you ever heard somebody buying a CD say “I just wanted to have the actual CD.” There certainly is something different about owning [...]

File Sharing is Not to Blame for Falling Album Sales

It’s been quite obvious that the recording industry is losing money for quite some time. U.S. album sales have fallen 9.5% in 2007. Every article you read about this blames file sharing networks. How can this be when sales of digital music sales have soared 45%? Not all people with computers know how to use [...]

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