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Old 08-17-2012, 08:01 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by Mutt View Post
yes we did, the album art and notes/photos were a big part of the music buying experience when i was a kid. i hated moving on to cassettes and then CD's. lying on your bed listening to the music, holding the cover, looking at the cover art, reading the lyrics - big part of being a music fan/collector in the days of vinyl. very much like buying a hard cover book versus buying a digital version - the sense of touch, smell, actually bonding physically/emotionally with the product. makes me sad that that is disappearing.
Nice additions to the music, not anything else.

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Originally Posted by bronco67 View Post
So that means now instead of 1% of people buying music, it's like 1.4%.
Yes record sales up, revenue down. Because of the extra access to the Internet.

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Originally Posted by DWB View Post
Yes they will. If you have something they can't easily get elsewhere, they will pay for it.
Yes they will.

For most tastes the product is free everywhere, legal or not. For a tiny few they have to pay willingly or not and these markets are small in numbers of people who like it. Please point me to a mainstream product sector that can't be found for free. Not a brand name.
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