Anti Pirate Music CD's

[sheepy]

i got the new chillis cd and its an anti copy one. dammit!

i want to copy it so that it doesnt get scratched to sh!t when i have it in my car.

[albert]

Originally posted by A Twig@Jan 8 2004, 07:25 PM
Hurrah! Maybe an end to the the start of non-piracy!  
Oh and maybe the record companies will realise that a 500% + profit margin isn't really necessary on every CD.

Errr, feller, I don't know when the last time you saw the breakdown of a typical CD, but it aint my company that gets the lions share. Record companies have to pay for the music to be made, for tha artists to be inspired to write the music, pay the artisits vast sums to sign them and per album  (if they are a big artisit), for the artists graphics people to design the covers, for the CDs to be manufactured (ok not the most expensive thing these days, but most companies no longer press their own), for the gigs, promotion, advertising, radio airtime, tv airtime, and most most most of all, fo rth elikes of Woolworths, HMV, Virgin etc. Amazon, Play, CD WOW etc. just to stock the CDs. Every advert you see for the lates CD available at Woolworths branches, at HMV shops etc. Is it HMV paying for that, no its the record company. We make pennies per disk, and the price of new CDs is representative of expected sales figures and the amouth that has gone into making the CD. We price Robbie Williams at Tesco prices coz we know it will sell well Duh, we could price that sort of crap at £14.99 per CD and it would still sell.
Every time someone copies a disc, passes on mp3s for free or any sort of piracy, prices rise to make up for the losses.
The only way to stop this sort of thing is to make new ways for distributing the music legally, iTunes etc...  Then you'll all realise that £10.99 for a CD with art work, sleeve notes and physical presence is far better than 99p per 128Kbps mp3 from iTunes.
Oh and I've yet to receive a bonus or pay rise. I work for EMI Music by the way.
We make money out of publishing, not music. CD sales are important but the pennies made per CD is minimal, its when our writers sell the score to a hit song to another company we make the cash. We don't own Dido, but wrote 3/4 of her album, multi-platinum in the USA, made us a fortune in publishing cash.

And once the profits come in, they still ahve to pay a load of people to run the company.

So please buy CDs from time to time, ok I have no objection to people p2ping to try it out, but if you like it buy it.  :coolio:

The only perk is the life size picture of Kylie's great ass in my office

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by albert@Jan 8 2004, 08:21 PM
The only perk is the life size picture of Kylie's great ass in my office

That'll be a small, but beautifully formed, picture then  :dribble:

[smilodon]

More BBC waffle
   
I know, I know I just can't leave well enough alone. Seems we consumers aren't allowed to decide where we get our music and movies from any more. While large corportaions can globalise to their hearts content and source all the resources and services they like from any country they choose, their customers have to buy from where they are told and for a price they are to told to pay. Woe betide the consumer who tries to save a few quid.

Swine !


............ except Albert who's a thoroughly decent bloke.  

[Gh0st Face Killah]

Originally posted by albert@Jan 8 2004, 08:21 PM
The only perk is the life size picture of Kylie's great ass in my office

Can I get a copy of that piccie please, seeing as the real thing is tied up with some frenchman!!

[A Twig]

Ok, maybe I was a little out then. A good friend of mine owns a CD distributor company, i.e. buys from record cimpanies and sells to shops. According to him, the cost of each individual CD when bought wholesale is between £2.15 and £2.75. This includes royalties to artists, and CD production costs. Allowing for a reasonable profit margin and the price rise effect of each company wanting their own profit, I would expect a CD cost of about £8 or £9 pound tops. How this price gets to the£15.99 you see in my local HMV is beyond me.

Then you'll all realise that £10.99 for a CD with art work, sleeve notes and physical presence is far better than 99p per 128Kbps mp3 from iTunes.

If I can find a shop that sells CDs at that price I will quite happily buy them.