Αντιγράφω από ένα
post του Μάνου Ν. (ελπίζω να μην έχει πρόβλημα

) στο φόρουμ του Avopolis.gr, σχετικά με τις τιμές και το κόστος παραγωγής ενός cd:
1. Kostos kataskeuis cd. Auto kymainetai gyro sto 1 euro kai kapws parapanw an to cd einai se digipak morfi. Synithizetai teleutaia. Se auto prepei na prosthesoume kai kapoio poso gia tin mitra, fpa kai metafora (ta kyriotera ergostasia einai stin Komotini kai Volo).
2. AEPI.Akoma na katalavw to rolo tis. Den nomizw kapoios kallitexnis lamvanei pososta apo tin AEPI, asxeta an i idia ta ‘pairnei’ apo pantou (kafeteries, radiofwnikous stathmous...). Vasika leitourgei san ena organo prostasias kallitexnwn se periptwsi klopis enos tragoudiou kai mono gia analogous poinikous logous.
Gia na kykloforiseis ena cd, prepei opwsdipote na grafteis stin AEPI (to idio kai to sygrotima) kai na tis apodideis (san etairia) ena pososto. Auto to pososto to pairnei i AEPI vevaia, to sigrotima tipota (h ena midamino poso).
3. Promotion.Ta panta ginontai in-house apo ypallilous tis etairias. Den eimaste Ameriki h Agglia pou plironontai publicists gia na ta proothisoun. Ara to promotion einai kathara sto xeri tis etairias kai to poso exei diktywthei (me tin kali kai me tin kaki ennoia).
Se auto den prosthetoume kai ena poly sevasto poso (min pw megalo) gia diafimiseis se periodika kai radiofwno. Edw vevaia, isxyei to : "An den valeis diafimisi, den grafoume tipota gia sena. An valeis, tote tha se proseksoume."
I parapanw kouventa pleon ginetai entelws psyxra kai kynika. That’s business ypothetw! It works!
Na valw sto promotion kai to typwma enos arithmou promo cd (apo 100 mexri 350), kapoia live – parousiaseis diskwn kai diafora alla mystiria (kali thesi twn cd sou se kentrika diskadika klp – auto kata anagi den simainei oti plirwneis alla sigoura tous kaneis apisteuta megales ekptwseis stin xondriki timi – kai polla alla ‘dwrakia’ se diaforous ‘athanatous’ tis ellinikis skinis).
Boreis na eisai kai tyxeros vevaia kai na eisai filos me pollous diskokritikous h radiofwnikous paragwgous (kai to kyriotero an eisai kai esy enas apo autous). Akoma kai an o diskos sou einai xalia, tha proothithei katallila. Xalame xatiri se filous?
4. Studio.Synithws to idio to sygrotima plirwnei to megalytero meros tis hxografisis (ektos an vriskontai se polyethniki, an kai akoma kai ekei ‘paizetai’ – eidikotera an einai debuto album) kai apla I etairia symvalei me ena poso + to mastering (oute auto kata anagi to kalyptei I etairia).
5. Xondriki timi.Etsi ftanoume se ena cd na kostizei (panw-katw) gyrw sta 3.5-4 euros (h kai parapanw an plirwthei studio).
Oi polyethines kai polles anexartites exoun diko tous diktyo dianomis (pwlites) kai etsi exoun sta xeria tous ena cd pou tous kostizei px. 4 euros
Pws auto to cd ftanei na pwleitai sto katastima 17-19 euros???
Einai kathara thema etairias pisteuw. To cd twn 4.5 euros boreis na to pouliseis sto diskadiko sta 8.5-9 euros + 18% FPA = 10-10.5 euros (kata prosegisi) kai to diskadiko me tetoia timi den tha to dwsei panw apo 14.5 euros.
An omws to dwseis sto diskadiko se timi px. 11-12 euros (+ 18 % FPA) tote sigoura I timi tha paei panw apo 17-18 euros, poso exofreniko.
Kapoies poly mikroteres etairies (PopArt, Poeta Negra klp) exoun dwsei tin dianomi se alles etairies kai etsi ekei anagastika bainei mesa stin diadikasia kai trito ΄proswpo’ peran tis etairias kai diskadikou, ara prepei na kerdisei kai o endiamesos (kai etsi prepei na ginei).
Se auti tin periptwsi i timi xondrikis sigoura anevainei kapws.
Apo tin alli omws, xerw oti oi perissoteres xenes diskografikes dinoun ta cd tous se times pou den xepernane ta 6.5-7.5 euros (kai akoma pio xamila gia polyethnikes), ara tithetai to erwtima : Pws oi xenoi mas poulane to cd tous xondriki sta 6.5-7.5 euros kai emeis ta dika mas se 11

Kai autoi exoun exoda promotion, pososta stous kallitexnes klp.
Edit: Και δύο αρκετά ενδιαφέροντα άρθρα πάλι σχετικά με το ζήτημα...
The Recording Industry Association of America και
How the Big 5 Record Companies Stole From You.