Maybe the High Prices Hurt the Music Industry
An otherwise excellent article (“DVDs Spin Past VHS Tapes in Rentals,” June 21) was ruined through the statement “their CD sales flagging amid rampant online piracy.”
For my daughter’s birthday, I bought “Spirited Away,” a new DVD, for $20, and an old Beatles CD for $32. The Beatles songs are more than 30 years old and have more than returned the cost of production to the music industry, whereas “Spirited Away,” a new movie, still may be paying off its production costs.
It seems to me that flagging music sales are simply a symptom of overpricing by the music industry.
Stephen Rynas
Duarte
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