Wal-Mart is throwing its weight around and forcing the record labels to lower the prices on the CDs that Wal-Mart buys. The record labels can\’t afford to refuse because 20% of their sales are from Wal-Mart. And if they do refuse and Wal-Mart drops their CDs, it\’s no big deal to Wal-Mart cause CDs are only 2% of their sales. I\’m not sure who to side with here. On one hand, the major record labels suck and I like to see them getting screwed over. On the other hand, Wal-Mart sucks too cause they sell censored, mainstream, lowest common denominator music. I\’ll keep on buying my music from local stores, Amoeba, and online.
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