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Story: Amazon.com implicated in CD-import row

Posted by: David Wright (Wednesday 7 January 2004, 7:09 PM)

In the new global economy, I can't really see the BPI's point... The album gets sold all around the world, if I can buy it cheaper from another country, what is the problem?

As long as I don't buy a pirated copy, the artist and studio will still get a cut. If the local distribution channel is taking such a large cut or is so poorly optimised that it is cheaper to source it abroad and pay the import duty, then they need to rethink their methods and become competitive, not look to stop the flow of cheaper "legitimate" product.

If they equalized the price and release dates across the world, there wouldn't be any problems. With Import Duty, it would be uneconomical to source it from another region.

If I want to listen to a CD or see a film, I can download it off the internet pretty much as soon as it has been released. I don't because I like to have the original CD/DVD. But I won't pay exortionate prices for it either... I'll look for the best deal.