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Originally Posted by lordmiguel  i don't see the connection between autos and music. Detriot is suffering on-whole becasue it pays high union wages and the japanese competitors don't. You either have to lower your costs (reduce wages) or sell higher quality, higher priced cars, like germany. Every time i rent a GM car i wonder what sane person would buy that junk, let alone at the price they offer it. I mean are any pontiacs a "must-have" for any person anywhere? sorry OT
i dunno about this. money is the religion of americans and nothing speaks like money. there is an element of war on drugs, but this one would seem easier to have an effect, becasue people forget internet is like a public street where everyone can watch you, right to inside your home.
but i do agree that the riaa actins should have more press and better politically spun for maximum effect. hire the most expensive pr firm in nyc (maybe they have). i might ask around as to who they hired for pr on this one.
But hey, who am I to say, obviously EMI agrees with you. The great experiment is about to begin. |
Thanks for your comments.
A little clarification regarding my auto industry analogy: I guess what I am trying to say, is that the music industry, by ignoring their customers 'wants' for a very long time (ex.,
music that can be played on any player ... no DRM to contend with ... reasonable prices, etc.), they are acting very much like the auto industry did, in the pre-Japanese invasion era, where the big three also ignored their customers 'wants' for a long time (
ex., they didn't build smaller, fuel efficient cars ... what they did offer was of fairly poor build quality ... and there often long term maintenance issues, etc.).
The moral of this analogy: It takes a little effort to keep your current customers satisfied, but to try and win back the ones that you already had but lost to arrogance ... well, that will cost you dearly, and is to be avoided at almost any price.