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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1993)
in When shell mu out % lb for tii.n e os cted Nelson ( I) is lust i lei nth too p.iinfill to the |u« ket book, ni.nn s,nu seasoned eollcgt students turn Itoin tin ro«s til shrink si rap to tin ionsuiricr s haven the used ( I > t n k Hut ret t ilth. tiHistt distributors and some tet online .itti-ts lute tried to end the pans', saving the sale ol Used ( I )s is it il il uni; the 111 ol tin dt It s l ntot 11m.itt I\ loi tin in student music l.ms don’t set tit to be in m cthti ai ipiandats user the issue Strew the ictonl tompanics. savs Northeastern t .1 nun lohti i’elletlei I lun llre.lt 1 s not I heir t tit \ltet I i t summit s usetl ( I) iunttoserss in ninth tour retold labels attempted to stifle the usetl < Dfr.itli th.it set ins to In tilt l.ikt ot musit ills tot tiers .tiltl retailers alike W in t lsi itoultl independent musit sum Mush Milieu mum ill I’m lland. t )| t roast I lie anti ust > 1 < I ) tn.nireln id < larilt Brooks in a Brooks Batliccitt IIk iut dt.i merit u a so sitetesshil that the t lean cut iiiitmn tirsitin it tin also got harhetUeil in San Diego, I os Mii'eles mil Si nth s.i\s Musit Millennium operations man.nu t Bill McNjIK “Me had coals, and just held (Hi• Niks ( l)s| met tin itials until the\ slatted to warp a little Int.'' sat s Mi \allt "He pot tin ill all met and lloppv and suit put them on a Inin and took a bite.” But th spite thi tremendous uroundswell ol siip|w>rt bn ust .I ( l)s. this summi t's convoluted series of law suit I i 1111U s. settlements, statements and reset sals ot statements dots raise .metal tpiestions about < I) ilt s \\ t know that reeoril situt s were pissetl anti that < ,.itth r'ot stunt ma|iir PR tioin this, hut white dots that leas e us 11 bu\int> mill selling nu t! ( l)\ Not according to Brian Sundldom. a senior at Northei n \nrona l "I don't teel Bail about n at all. In sass With ansthmg else vott Inn, ion hast- the right to sell it it vmt wish. So I don't set anything ssrung wtilt it I In ( iat tit Brooks aruument that the artist should eet to, .lines oil tin salt is ridiculous, s.tss I >nn Matson, m an age t id I he Mad Platter musit lore m Riverside, ( .till "Il ( lmslct sell a tat, the don't get a cut when the owner sells it m I.Her Brooks's toimicr .iiijununt to this t .iiiHiimni. iMvi-n liurini! an \uuust pie* !i uikc I lu tilth i cm c ia tu t en ( IK i us is ( |) i.ists tnrrw i .inti .1 v .it !i < nmte r .s eon ami .IS mill i ull ll ( ( i .11 ill. wild h.is alreaih made millions, says lie’s not alter mote monel tot him sell hut tot songwriters util the other little people.' Do iiutl ID w lie* hurt the uile of m :: < D*'f \i i online to I tin Sites, i li e president of eomtnunuattons at the Ueeorilint: Industry Vssoeialinn ot \meiiea, "What's evtmttelv shortsighted on the retailers’ stile is that it severely undercuts the work ot emerging artists. " I hi re’s a sigmtieant amount ol monel that neeils to he recouped luiatise ol that unestment, he sais. lint app.uentli the reeord labels Used Or Student consumers Abused? and retailers don't The Great buy the guilt trip CD Debate USED CD Off O PftOCHKTI ft UK GUflMtnTCfD CRAIG HACKS! *.A\ - - T0M N By Tom Evans, The l umberjack, Northern Arizona l'. weren't worried .iIm nit used ( I )s .is long .is indepen dent stoics inn t!u iitiI\ ones selling them. < )111\ .diet i nntion.il record store chum, the \\ hen house, ileelded to sell used ( I )s til 2 s() ot its outlets (tin- til st major chain to si ll them) did several labels damp down on the trade In withholding advertising; dollars trimi used ( I) retailers lirooks, who savs lie’s not against indepc.ndcnt stores selling Used ( I )s, makes a dire prediction for the mush industrv it all the chains get in on the a coon " I here’s S percent of the retail right now out there that’s lining used ( I )s, the oft chcckered-shirted lirooks s.i\s “It the thing rial I v soars for these people, the other retail has to gn e m to compete "It that happens mu re going to see the beginning of the end ot the music tndustn It /'i ilo ( I)i our in much? Vccordmt! to tndustn sources, ( I)s cost anywhere from M to SI “s to produce and package (royalty payments are altout SI.s0 extra). While this is almost double the tost ot cassettes, which run from 60 iciits to Si, the meiensc hi the Him ( I )s reach store shelves ilue to promotion anil distribution fees and retail markup is still consider able. I he used ( I) ethical dilemma becomes even less troublesome for students when cost comes into the (in lure Situ i a new ( I) costs from SI i to SI . and a used ( I ) can be as cheap as SO. main have little choice but to bin used ami save their bank accounts Hut lirooks i lies the tremendous sales ot I he /iWigMi/t./ soundtrack on ( I) as a justification tor the high pi ii e ot ( I )s m general "It I I < Ml It f sell a (I) tot seven bucks, it thev’tl do that. I’il be the happiest mail ill the world, he s.ivs lint it tin v it selling them lor what thev are and lhi /iWigttit/i/ sells tin that price, I must sav that it’s not ov ia pt u ed v et II hill'i i;ri/»g hi happen nr\tf Snue the u i.nl stores started tightm tin- powei filing la«>uiis .ti4u111 >t lalicls which withheld aibertis iiu! money ill <>l tin laiinl laliels thin inn (ijrth'i * have hat Lul tit! I rum their si.met K i u .i i > I less nt .ill tin bickering, used ( Ds .ik only going tu get mitre popular, says Desmond Macnamcra, manager ot the W herein nisi- in llagstatf, \ri/, "I would he willing to I let that m tm y ears everyone is m on lused ( I) sales|," Macnamcra says Judging troni student responses to used < Os, Macnamcra may lie right "I would lie inehned to buy more used it the lugger i hams start selling them," s.i\s Ryan Day, a itininr it the l ot ( jiiforma. Riverside \iul what .ihoiit selling them" lust lieeause students bought lion Josi alliums m I *#86 doesn’t mean thev want to keep them. I’ete 1 low aril, editor ami puhhshei nt national ( l> newsletter l( I , s.ns this is one reason the debate isn’t going to die dow n. i re going to be up to our knees in a tew years, and people will have a lot ot old (IDs this don't want, lit s.ns "It ain’t going a was Brooks s.ns " I he answer tor used ( I )s is compcn s.itmn [In the retailers) \nd tiles need to pay the writers, the publishers, the artists, the labels' distribti tot s, tor yy hat they 're sending them.” L’h,(iarthr Lighten up. 0
