with the new trend of getting your music from services like itunes, the record companies dont have to spend as much money on packaging, storage and distribution to get that music to you. Since it costs them virtually nothing to sell you this music, you'd think they could share the wealth with the artists that actually create the product they are selling. WRONG. Wierd Al of all people pointed out in an article that he makes less off of online downloads.rad.
Wierd Al article
Allman Bros and Cheap Trick sue over download royalties(good stuff in there)
compounding this is, now its even harder to get a CD without it being copy protected and potentially getting a virus, or not even work in your CD. here's a little disclaimer from Amazon
This CD is copy protected. If that is of concern to you, do not purchase. On the back cover is a warning that this CD may not play in some CD players, DVD players, and computers. It also states that if it doesn't play you're screwed as you won't be issued a refund. If that is of concern to you, do not purchase.you cant beat pirates/hackers at thier own game, thats what they do. you put up a wall they will climb it, you make the wall higher they will get longer rope, you put barbed wire on it and they'll dig under it.
piracy isnt a problem thats gonna get solved this way, this only hurts the average music lover (and appearantly the artist) by making it harder for them to enjoy the product they purchased.
this is only a bandaid. the RIAA needs to get off thier ass and really figure out how to beat Piracy on a root level. IMO all they really need to do is lower prices and stop being greedy SOB's
oreilly media story about protected CDsthis is just more reason to support indie labels and bands. the music is better anyway.
