CD shipments surge after lean years
Found on ZD Net on Wednesday, 20 October 2004
CD shipments are surging this year, but not enough to erase previous years' declines in the music business, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.
"We are rising out of a deep hole and still have a long way to go," RIAA Chief Executive Mitch Bainwol said. "Piracy, both online and on the street, continues to hit the music community hard, and thousands have lost their jobs because of it."
Some studies have said these networks have had little actual effect on sales, however. Record industry critics have noted that the economic recession, as well as growing competition for home entertainment budgets from DVDs and video games, likely helped contribute to the falling music sales.
The greedy industry just keeps on to blame others for their own faults. No wonder people don't want to buy their crappy albums or singles; they all sound the same anyway. And if one song is good, the rest sounds like it was made in 5 minutes. They should think about how they treat their customers instead of yelling all the time.