But apparently it does matter. Because the record companies don't make so much money when Brits buy legitimate CDs from Hong Kong, or the USA, where they're considerably cheaper than in the UK."It shouldn't matter whether we are buying from an official distributor in the UK, Europe or the Far East, what is important is that we are buying legitimate products from the record companies themselves."
Average cost of a CD in the UK according to the BPI: £9.40
Average cost of a CD in the USA according to the RIAA: $12.75 (£6.40)
But the record companies really don't like Brits saving 3 quid on the cost of a CD by buying it online from America, or anywhere else for that matter.
They call it "Parallel Importing", probably because they haven't figured out how to call it "theft" or "piracy" yet. Weasels.
"It might be a bit better to tune to one of my fiddle's open strings, like A, rather than asking me for an F#." - Martin Milner
