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• Dave Slater, 2nd September 2009.

  i understand the urgency of media companies wanting to reduce illegal file sharing as soon as possible but i really do feel that there should be more concentration on offering new ways of accessing music legitimately in the digital age.
  
  For those people who have become accustomed to obtaining music via p2p services and such, what do these big companies and the government think these consumers are going to do; go straight out to the shops and buy music thus lining the pockets of the record industry sector once more? i highly doubt it.
  
  I strongly feel, aside from the 'i want it because its free' mentality of some people, that others will feel annoyed at being told, in this digital age, what they can access, how, in what format and when they can obtain the product. In a time where everyone seemingly wants everything yesterday, the music industry needs to move with the times and provide a better service than it currently does.
  
  Just yesterday i saw an advert for a £14 compilation CD which is out now. This here is the problem in my opinion......record companies believing they can still compete in the same way (price) with a physical item compared to a digital item of the same quality...which is significantly cheaper in price.
  
  The model needs to change and what these big companies need to do is stop discussing this issue amongst themselves and get ideas from the consumers, maybe then we will start to get somewhere.

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