From: "Glenn Meadows" 

Except in the music business, the large successes have to also be used to
help defray the losses on those that don't come anywhere near breaking
even. Those make up about 90+% of the released product.

Why release those you say?  If you could be more accurate in predicting the
hits, you'd be able to write your own ticket in this industry.

At the moment, everyone more interested in quick success, and not willing
to invest in building a career.  Success now, or hit the road.

--

Glenn M.
"Bob.Ackley ." 
wrote in message news:408fe2.893866{at}FidoNet.no-ip.info...
> Replying to a message of Glenn Meadows to Bob.Ackley:
>
> >> The music industry has been terrified of people recording music since
> >> reel-to-reel tape recorders became cheap enough for ordinary mortals
> >> to buy one.  Only the technology has changed over the years.  Since
> >> the actual cost of producing a vinyl LP or an audio CD is less than $1
> >> each (not counting royalty fees) it seems to me that the way for the
> >> industry to reduce unauthorized duplication of the material would be
> >> to sell them for $5 or less.
>
> GM> I guess you don't take into account the cost to CREATE the material
> GM> that's on the physical disk.  I guess that's produced for free then.
>
> Actually I did.  Payment to the performer(s) - and other corporate
> overhead -
> spread over a million or so copies is an insignificant portion of the
> purchase
> price, IOW $1< - this assumes, of course, that the performers are paid a
> flat
> salary rather than per-copy royalties.
>
> --- FleetStreet 1.19+

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