But here's what you fail to realize: the customer is in the driver's seat here, not the media moguls.
This is where I feel you are wrong. Why pay $20 for a disk that cost a few cents to make. Because The "media moguls" as you call them said so. The consumer left the driver's seat a long time ago, if we were ever there in the first place. If you listen to a song on the radio it is because the record companies wanted you to hear it, that's the only reason the radio stations get music. If you like the music you have to buy it but again the music is monopolized because only one record company has that song by that artist. The customer didn't say "I will pay such and such" the record company said "This disk will cost you so much." and even if there is only one song on the disk or only 30 minutes of music on the disk of the 80 minutes of recording time it is the same price, set by the company. America is driven by one thing, money. To the record companies the customer is nothing more then a pawn. They put on the nice face because they want you to continue to purchase their products. Oh they are so nice they sent me 3 free Cd's. Get a grip on yourself. The company could send you 1000 free Cd's and still not loose any profits from the one you bought. Wake up. The company is the only ones getting rich from what they have. If I had a band recorded my own music I would only need one hit album to be a multi-millionaire. Do the math. 1 million Cd's @ $10 each (half the price of commercial ones) subtract the cost of the media ($.12 each) I just made $9,880,000 when they all sell. Divide it among a 4 person band and 1 computer geek is $1,976,000 each. Not bad for a few days of time. (more then I make in a month) But the professional guys done ever see close to that. So don't give me the line the industry doesn't control, it's all about control, it's in the contract.
NeBot
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