I disagree Vithur. The logic is flawed. Anybody can find the links themselves with the growing power of google. May be 2 or 3 students can buy an album and share. That again is a form of piracy. We are too far off hitting the right model.
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 11:05 PM, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Aravind > > I agree with you. But its not in ARR 's hands. People who want to buy will > anyway buy arguing with parents, though not good in one sense. > > I think, downloading for College students, and people who are still > dependents can be allowed... > > Though , they should refrain themselves from passing on the links to others > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:45 PM, Aravind AM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, Just a thought here - I feel there should be sufficient time gap >> between 2 ARR releases... Though we feel elated on getting two albums >> separated by a few days, we should also look at the other side of the >> coin... one ARR album cannibalises the sales of the other one.... Two albums >> in one month (let alone in 1 day) will not be affordable to all. Not many >> would want to spend on two albums in one month.... Moreover, there are lots >> of students who are ARR fans, and they can't afford 2 albums. And of course, >> they can't wait... They download MP3s, and once they get MP3s, they never >> buy the album.. I know at least 4 friends of mine who are students, who used >> to buy all of ARR CDs. They couldnt afford both Ada and JTYJN, so they >> bought just JTYJN.... Reason: parents object to 2 albums in a month! These >> are no isolated cases, and i guess this must be happening everywhere... On a >> similar note, two movies of the same lead-actor never release on the same >> day. If two films of an actor are ready for release at about the same time, >> the producers of the two films negotiate and one of them postpones the >> release by a few weeks.... I've seen that happen many times in tamil film >> industry. Similarly, can't ARR can also intervene in audio release dates? >> I'm sure he will hav that much influence... Just my two cents.. Aravind >> > > > > -- > regards, > Vithur > > HELP EVER; HURT NEVER; > LOVE ALL; SERVE ALL > >
