Yeah I saw this on another forum and was about to post the very same thing.

Personally I think it's shocking that they try to stop us downloading things then the people that legitimitely buy the CDs are being castrated for actually abiding by 'the law'

For me I will usually buy the CD 9 times out of 10 anyway if I like it. I use mp3's more as a reference. But it looks like the greedyness of the Record Industry knows no bounds.

And also as a person who is a great fan of music, I think it's quite an insult really.

(Edited by Ethan 09/01/2004 23:03)

Well the Sun have sensationalised it somewhat (no surprises there) but at the heart of it I'm not entirely sure what legal ground they can really have - I'm pretty sure other European countries don't have this restriction, so presumably it could go to the courts in Brussels if needs be.

Stupid rule anyway, I've bought CDs from Amazon.com before, so have I broken the law? o_O

In Play's case I think they might be ok anyway cause as far as I am aware they do business with a seperate independant company in Belgium who import the CDs from America or wherever. Here's hoping anyway.

Hey I know, greatidea, let's make people pay lots of money so that they won't want to buy albums and will download them instead, idiots

I tend to use downloads as reference for stuff I might not have heard before, or if I'm having problems finding an artist/song.
I like buying albums & I'll continue to do so, but it's stupid to penalise people just for using the facilities they have to hand to appreciate all the music that there is.

I have very few albums downloaded at all, those that are were for reference. Most copies I have in my car, as I won't keep originals in there (must rescue my LP cd from there real soon!)

If I like an album enough, I still won't pay full price for it. The Times today (colleagues newspaper ) showed examples of cdwow for £6.99 and "high street at £13.99 That's nearly TWICE the difference.

Therefore, if they stop sales of "cheap" cds I'm just going to have to wait longer until they hit the bargain bin from lack of sales. It won't force me to buy at high street price

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by Samphirette
Therefore, if they stop sales of "cheap" cds I'm just going to have to wait longer until they hit the bargain bin from lack of sales. It won't force me to buy at high street price

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Same here!

Though saying that, I don't like big companies in general, so i'd probably go to my local independant music shop, which are still cheaper than the big companies!

I don't actuallly buy many cds off the internet, mostly because i can't find the ones i want. Instead i mail order off my local independant record store (http://www.action-records.co.uk ) which i like because i know that i'm supporting my independant store and i know that my money isn't going to a major company (after finding out that one band get about 85p (split 8 ways) for a £15.99 cd i wasn't so keen to be buying cds there anymore)

But i hope that it doesn't come into place. It seems rather unfair that we have to pay so much for a cd on the high-street when so little of it is actually going to the people who make the music

Well this is interesting!!!

(Edited by Sydney 13/01/2004 14:16)