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   Derek Lomas, Jan 21st, 2004 @ 10:35am

   
   

   reconsider this one

   We must stringently prevent parallel trades like this, so as to protect regional pricing. Otherwise, music companies won't be able to sell music in low income areas for far less than high income areas, resulting in massive, organized crime controlled piracy. If you don't prevent parallel trades, then music has to cost the same high price everywhere. Doesn't it make sense that music sells for far less in Brazil, China, or Malaysia than the US or UK?

    

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   Mike (profile), Jan 21st, 2004 @ 10:39am

   
   

   Re: reconsider this one

   Why does that make sense? If they're getting the same product, why should they pay different amounts?

    

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   Adrian Anders, Jan 21st, 2004 @ 2:05pm

   
   

   Re: reconsider this one

   Of course, CDs could just be sold for the same LOW price everywhere. It's the record companies which are using their massive market control to drive the price of music up. They want piracy to go away? Then they should stop ripping their customers off!

    

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   LittleW0lf, Jan 21st, 2004 @ 11:01pm

   
   

   Re: reconsider this one

   Otherwise, music companies won't be able to sell music in low income areas for far less than high income areas, resulting in massive, organized crime controlled piracy.
   
   Most people in low income areas are far more concerned about food, clothing, and shelter then the cost of Britney's latest CD.
   
   Organized crime exists in piracy because there is a profit to be made. The cost of developing a pirated CD is almost 1000% less than the cost of buying a legitimate one. Controlling the cost of CDs in low income areas while keeping the price artificially high in other areas only moves the contraband from low income areas to high income areas. Organized crime will produce the contraband in low income areas for distribution in high income areas.
   
   If the cost of the CD was a little more reasonable everywhere, and the product was worth the cost of the CD, then people would much rather purchase the legitimate CD then purchase a knock-off or borrow and copy. This is pretty much common sense, but the RIAA doesn't believe in common sense, and would rather call their customers thiefs and pirates, and sue 12 year old girls and 80 year old grandmothers than actually give their customers a product they want at the price they believe is reasonable.
   
   Until they learn this...everything they do along these lines are viewed as another attack on their customers in the name of their insatiable greed.

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Jan 22nd, 2004 @ 2:01am

   
   

   What if I'm not in the UK or Ireland?

   I'm a CD Wow customer in Finland (where I already pay a levy on blank CDs to cover the fact that obviously they're all used for copying...) Now, because the BPI has a go at CD Wow, I end up paying £2 more for the CDs I buy. CD Wow used to charge me £9 for a product that costs £14 here. (I'll wait a week for delivery for that much saving!) Which part of this is actually encouraging me to go and buy more music and support their new artists?! When will they learn...

    

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