Universal Toll Cuts Welcome -- Exactly Are They Also Little, Also Late?

The Daily Telegraph reports that Universal, the world's largest tape society too possessor of the A&M too Island Def Jam labels, has started to cut back the prices of its CDs inward the the U.S. of A. past times nearly a third. This move, which reflects the battering online copying via Napster and Kazaa has inflicted on traditional production sales, volition cut back the cost of most CDs to roughly $10. This determination could select repercussions inward Britain, where CD prices are traditionally higher. It volition convey downward the cost of CDs past times Eminem, Elton John, U2, Mary J. Blige too Limp Bizkit, only does non comprehend classical, Latin music too multi-CD box sets.

Doug Morris, Universal’s chairman, said: "We are inward the middle of a terrible province of affairs where our music is existence stolen. We ask to invigorate the market, too equally an manufacture leader nosotros felt nosotros had to survive bold too brand a move". The cost cutting is business office of a strategy that includes legal too technical assaults on the pirates. "We are making a real bold, strategic movement to convey people dorsum to music stores", he added.

The law-abiding too music-loving IPKat welcomes the cuts too looks frontwards to seeing them implemented inward Europe. Resolutely opposed to the cost differential betwixt the U.S. of A. too European CDs too the failure of the European Commission to arrive at anything virtually it, he has built a large CD collection comprised almost exclusively of especial offers, low-price labels, imports from the the U.S. of A. too birthday presents. Pirates select known for the past times twoscore years that high retail prices render the perfect medium for pirates to flourish too the IPKat is glad that at to the lowest degree ane major tape producer has woken upward to the fact.

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