Music fans say CD's are too expensive and content is poor

A nationwide poll conducted for the Associated Press and Rolling Stone magazine has found that those questioned, are dissatisfied with the product being offered from the music industry. Those polled also overwhelming feel that CD's are simply too expensive. Oddly though, they were split when asked as to why sales are in decline.

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Eighty percent of the respondents consider it stealing to download music for free without the copyright holder's permission, and 92 percent say they've never done it, according to the poll conducted for The Associated Press and Rolling Stone magazine.

Meanwhile, three-quarters of music fans say compact discs are too expensive, and 58 percent say music in general is getting worse.

"Less talented people are able to get a song out there and make a quick million and you never hear from them again," said Kate Simkins, 30, of Cape Cod, Mass.

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Ipsos' telephone poll of 1,000 adults, including 963 music listeners, from all states except Alaska and Hawaii was conducted Jan. 23-25 and has a sampling error margin of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

The very same fans, when specifically asked why music sales have declined during the last five years were divided. About a third felt it was because of illegal downloads, 29 percent pointed to all the other choices out there for entertainment, 21 percent thought the music was just plain getting worse, whereas only 13 percent pointed to high prices.

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Source: AP News MyWay

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