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"I think the majority (of people who download) are kids and as they get old and get more income they'll probably buy records."
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Love Duffy, but must emphasize the word
"probably", because Solaris' recent post about RIAA is still fresh in my mind :-
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Originally Posted by solaris
Well, they ARE (still) fighting a losing battle but in fact they lost out many years ago, when they closed down Napster instead of embracing that blessed opportunity...
The Music Industry did strangely enough get a second chance 3-4 years later... If they had bought AllOfMP3 in the period 2003-2005, when they MUST have realized that this was the way to do online music sale (you could actually compete with FREE  ) and then had continued to use the AllOfMP3 business model... Then maybe...? 
But they didn't - and they have now lost a WHOLE generation of music buyers, who would NEVER (like many of us elderly people STILL do  ) spend their hard earned MONEY on getting the music they like  |
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