From Vynil to Free: (quick) history of music formats
A excerpt from here: http://amog.com/tech/vinyl-free-history-music-formats-cost/
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They argue that they are losing too much money to piracy and besides that, why should these criminals be getting their product for nothing? They say that quality will suffer as labels are forced to downsize and be more selective with the bands they sign. The music industry will die because of this!
Then there’s the other side of the argument, that CDs cost far too much and that most music promoted by the record industry is vapid and soul-less. When this is the case, why should the consumer fork out for their product only to discover they’ve been sold the sonic equivalent of snake oil?
Whichever side of the argument you hold as your own personal opinion (and who wants to stand side by side with the industry that gave Fred Durst a recording contract?) we at AMOG thought it was time to have a quick look back through history at the various formats music has been sold on and pose the question: if the dollar was worth then what it is now, how much would I be paying?
