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1. Comment - AllofMP3 Shuts Down, Resurfaces as 'MP3Sparks'

   (Jul 6, 2007 - 10:31 AM)

   It's another fine example of the RIAA and their associates around the world bullying everyone else in the playground and throwing their toys out of the pram when they don't get what they want.
   
   Is it any surprise that people will source cheaper ways of listening to music when they've been overcharged for so long and it's still going on. In the last five years concert ticket prices have grown by 61 percent, while the Consumer Price Index (the measure of the price of all consumer goods) increased by just 13 percent. Further, the cost of concert tickets now outpaces the other entertainment sectors, movies, sporting events, theater, by about 30 percent.
   
   And it's not just ticket prices. In a message on Nine Inch Nails' website Trent Reznor criticised his label, UMG, saying that their main motivation was to "screw the consumer."
   
   He said: "As the climate grows more and more desperate for record labels, their answer to their mostly self-inflicted wounds seems to be to screw the consumer over even more. A couple of examples that quickly come to mind."
   
   Reznor used the retail price of his album in Australia as an example of his frustrations: "The Absurd retail pricing of Year Zero in Australia. Shame on you, UMG. Year Zero is selling for $34.99 Australian dollars ($29.10 US). No wonder people steal music. Avril Lavigne's record in the same store was $21.99 ($18.21 US)."
   
   He continued: "By the way, when I asked a label rep about this his response was: ‘It's because we know you have a real core audience that will pay whatever it costs when you put something out - you know, true fans. It's the pop stuff we have to discount to get people to buy.’ So... I guess as a reward for being a "true fan" you get ripped off."