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Braver,
Interesting. I know that in Germany, music stores have CD's without the shrinkwrap, and have listening stations where people line up with their stack of CD's to go over before purchasing. I don't know how many other countries have similiar practices, but it sounds like the Netherlands do also.
Retail stores in the US have not seen fit to adopt this practice, however. Some have toyed with the idea of having mp3 copies of their inventory so that people can preview music that way. Other models are being considered, but I don't see the situation changing any time soon. I wonder if this would result in more sales in the long run, or just more physical theft. Does the European community have any stats on this? This has got to affect digital theft also, one way or the other.
As for mp3's are concerned, I use them to burn my own compilations to play on my portable, mostly. Occasionally I download a sample of something I might be interested in but not really sure about. More often than not, it results in a retail buy, though.
don't listen in the store either |
Braver,
Interesting. I know that in Germany, music stores have CD's without the shrinkwrap, and have listening stations where people line up with their stack of CD's to go over before purchasing. I don't know how many other countries have similiar practices, but it sounds like the Netherlands do also.
Retail stores in the US have not seen fit to adopt this practice, however. Some have toyed with the idea of having mp3 copies of their inventory so that people can preview music that way. Other models are being considered, but I don't see the situation changing any time soon. I wonder if this would result in more sales in the long run, or just more physical theft. Does the European community have any stats on this? This has got to affect digital theft also, one way or the other.
As for mp3's are concerned, I use them to burn my own compilations to play on my portable, mostly. Occasionally I download a sample of something I might be interested in but not really sure about. More often than not, it results in a retail buy, though.