Are We Not Paying Enough For Music?

The RIAA has an information page where they try to convince you that the cost of a CD should be much, much higher than it is, and therefore you’re getting a great deal. Basically, they’re claiming that based on basic consumer price index information (i.e., inflation) the price of the CD should have risen over the past few decades, rather than stayed more or less the same.

This is something to think about next time you are in a music shop about to hand over $20 for a new disc! I buy a fair share of music and haven’t even found the prices to be that bad lately. Most new releases I’m finding are around $13CAN. Of course, it could be that I don’t buy the most popular music out there, which is why it’s less expensive. It’s the -older- releases that sway people away the most though. It seems that once an album has “passed it’s prime” it doubles in price. Either way, the RIAA needs to get a grip on reality.

Source: Tech Dirt