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Blue Lines Revisited: What are people buying instead of music*?

tomewing:

Dipped my toe into the ever-circling “piracy debate” again this week: little new to be said. So this is a question I’ve wondered about a few times but not really seen answered. Let’s assume that the music industry has a point and that significant chunks of its core audience are spending less money…

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  3. theologyandgeometry reblogged this from tomewing and added:
    I like this. It (good food...good booze) would account...my...
  4. teenageart said: Live music for some. But I also think food. Food is really the only consumer product that hasn’t seen a “cheap and cheerful” sector arise. And health care is becoming the developed world’s no#1 concern, and food is a part of soft health care.
  5. littlejoeii said: I’d like to say BOOKS and other less-pirateable and more sentimental media, but the sensible answer is probably ‘***’: rent, food, heating, travel etc.
  6. crumbler said: Apps and games. The money moms use to buy virtual goods in Zynga games was almost certainly going to the latest installment of the Rod Stewart Songbook series not long ago.
  7. minimoonstar said: Tech, above all. The most egregious piraters I know spend over $100 on Internet and mobile data a month, easy, let alone cost of hardware. Video games would be #2.
  8. beckyontheinternet said: I would totally agree that I buy craft beer and good food rather than records much of the time. I’ll happily pay $20 for a burger and beer on the way to a concert and not spend any money on the band.
  9. hndrk said: The one obvious (unsubstantial?) hat in the ring would be video games — the industry’s seeing record turnovers and AAA titles now get lots of media coverage at launch. Might still be more niche in terms of consumption, but the $$ are there…
  10. sexshooter reblogged this from tomewing and added:
    only slightly related, but...reminds me that i haven’t listened
  11. hardcorefornerds said: real income = average inflation; if the (average) cost of music has dropped, maybe other forms of entertainment (let alone anything else) have become more expensive, not necessarily consumed more?
  12. andrewtsks said: BOOKS. I can only speak for myself but since I can get the music I want for free I spend what little spare cash I have (which trust me is very little—less than $100 per month, for sure) on books. And comic books.
  13. jrichmanesq said: one guess is tech — how many records could you buy for the price of an iphone (and its monthly service contract!)
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