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Digital music revenues slowing

Technology Jan. 17, 2009 - 05:03AM JST ( 12 )

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gogogoJan. 17, 2009 - 05:06PM JST

What is this article about?

The title:

"Digital music revenues slowing"

The last paragraph:

"Digital is growing"
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BadseyJan. 18, 2009 - 12:28AM JST

I had no idea people still bought CDs.

Challenge: Name one artist whose complete album was musically significant in 2008. -besides Li'l Wayne of course --> can I get that as a ringtone?
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likeitisJan. 18, 2009 - 12:42AM JST

What is this article about?

Propaganda for the record industry.

But the two sentences you quote do not conflict. Revenues continue to grow, but just at a slower rate than before.

legitimate music sales did not come close to offsetting the billions of dollars being lost to music piracy.

How can you lose something you never had? Assuming the people who stole music would have bought it if they could not have stolen it is for stupid people to believe and for the maniacally greedy though already fabulously rich to propagandize.

Any group that lost billions but continues to live in mansions and drive BMW's, well, I feel no sympathy for their loss.
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YangYongJan. 18, 2009 - 12:44AM JST

What a shame, is all they earn? Phf.
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airrunweskerJan. 18, 2009 - 01:12AM JST

Japanese companies have made it illegal for me to buy Japanese songs off Itunes! I can no longer find Nana Mizuki on Amazon mp3 downloads... Now they are complaining no one is purchasing their downloads?

By the way... The title: "Digital music revenues slowing" and the final.. "Digital is growing" That is an example of a "logical contradiction"!
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AzraelJan. 18, 2009 - 03:18AM JST

iTunes Japan ballooned the prices of ALL THE SONGS from 99 yen to 150 yen overnight. According to the news from Apple only -some- songs were going to cost more, and there would be a range of prices between 99 to 150 yen. Now everything is 150yen - 15 songs on iTunes are the same price (if not somewhat more expensive) than buying the CD on Amazon Japan, which offers free shipping. If I rip the songs to mp3 from the CD myself, I can play them in whichever device and program I want, as many times I want - so... what's the advantage to buy on iTunes Japan, again? They lost ME as a client when the prices went up without any distinction or price range.
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DeepAir65Jan. 18, 2009 - 12:06PM JST

They lost ME as a client when the prices went up without any distinction or price range.

They lost me over a year ago (in Japan) when I could not find any of the artists that I was interested in.
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saborichanJan. 19, 2009 - 09:33AM JST

I wonder if digital sales would boom in Japan if they made CD rentals illegal... Or if they'd stay the same and suddenly everyone would be learning to torrent...?
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AltriaJan. 19, 2009 - 02:10PM JST

It's the economy, stupid.
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cwhiteJan. 20, 2009 - 01:04AM JST

no itunes on my PC, uninstalled that 2 years ago.
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ScroteJan. 20, 2009 - 09:16AM JST

The music companies are too greedy and too willing to exploit licensing laws to prevent people from buying from cheaper markets.

For example, you can buy tracks on-line in China (legally) for RMB 1 per track. The same tracks are sold for ten times the price in Japan. The large companies that constantly tell us how globalisation is good do everything in their power to prevent consumer choice.

In such cases, my choice is to buy nothing from such companies.
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jonnyboyJan. 22, 2009 - 03:56PM JST

"Digital music revenues slowing"

The last paragraph:

"Digital is growing"

they think they could be make more money if only those pesky customers would submit to their unreasonable business practices