The labels are sitting on a goldmine, and they just cant see it for their fat heads and big asses. It would take the tiniest of investment to make available so much out of print stuff, and people would snap it up. Even if a track sold at most a hundred copies, it would be almost pure profit. Add up the countless thousands of these 'long tail' tracks and you are talking a fortune. Problem is, though, one of the reasons these old tracks "aren't economically viable" is that they would undoubtedly undercut sales of the latest, poor excuse for 'music' the big labels are pushing. They want return on investment for the new shit they hope brings in millions. People would head to the past for all those good, but often forgotten songs.
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Date: 2007-07-26 05:04 am (UTC)