OFF: One possible digital music future

[HawkFan]

On average I buy around a CD a week, say £60 a month. If I could get them
for $6 a month as the article suggests that would be great, but I don't see
it happening. Even if it did, human nature being what it is many peope would
still try and get the music for nothing.

I can see a time, in the not too distant future, when anything in digital
form will be routinely pirated and circulated on the Internet. That means
any CD, any film or any book can be downloaded provided only you make a
minimal effort to look for it. A few people will still want to buy the
originals to get the packaging, but in general the market will collapse.
Maybe that means people will stop making CDs and films, but I suspect that
it actually means artists will derive their income from other means like
live performances.

JR

PS For the record all my Hawkwind CDs are originals, even though many of
them I had to buy on eBay at a grossly inflated price of which the band get
nothing :-(

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Subject: One possible digital music future


This may be of interest:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/35260.html