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Terra Alta

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27. A corporation with a heart?

Reply to sdfernando (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 13, 2012, 07:09 PM

Feb 2012

Does such a corporation even exist?

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Sony jacks the price of Whitney Houston music [View all] pokerfan Feb 2012 OP

Sales always increase after an artist's death. MrSlayer Feb 2012 #1

then don't blow smoke up our asses claiming they're "fixing an error" pokerfan Feb 2012 #7

It's dumb to tell people you are taking advantage of them. MrSlayer Feb 2012 #17

and we're just spreading the word pokerfan Feb 2012 #22

Agreed. MrSlayer Feb 2012 #24

Sales should increase. Prices should not. ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2012 #8

That's capitalism. MrSlayer Feb 2012 #19

It's parasitism ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2012 #29

It is. MrSlayer Feb 2012 #32

OK SONY...Here is how you fix this problem. sdfernando Feb 2012 #2

You have better odds of winning the lottery than Sony doing that. hobbit709 Feb 2012 #3

A corporation with a heart? Terra Alta Feb 2012 #27

Spit on her grave, and then insult the intelligence of her fans. ZombieHorde Feb 2012 #4

Good News: Prices way down on Al Green's Greatest hits librechik Feb 2012 #5

Add iTunes to the list. onestepforward Feb 2012 #6

I guess Apple also discovered a pricing error! (nt) pokerfan Feb 2012 #10

Plus Foxconn is forcing workers to sing Whitney Houston songs for a month. nt Dreamer Tatum Feb 2012 #12

Sony is acting as any capitalist would, why the surprise? It's the nature of the all consuming Citizen Worker Feb 2012 #9

You should be honored to pay more for Ms Houston's music now that she has left us. Fumesucker Feb 2012 #11

it doesn't go to her daughter or other family members ? JI7 Feb 2012 #13

You really don't know how the music business works, do you? dogknob Feb 2012 #14

not much other than whatever they are doing is resulting in mostly JI7 Feb 2012 #16

I'm reminded of Hunter S Thompson's quip.. Fumesucker Feb 2012 #23

That is choice. dogknob Feb 2012 #25

classy fishwax Feb 2012 #15

They better hope there aren't any Whitney Houston fans on 4chan KamaAina Feb 2012 #18

That's the music industry's equivalent of saying: "You're dead! Get back to work!" Initech Feb 2012 #20

Solution? dogknob Feb 2012 #21

Scummy Redstate Bluegirl Feb 2012 #26

Is it fair that a Frankenthaler sells for considerably more now than it did before she died? elias7 Feb 2012 #28

Raising the price is what you do when you have excessive demand JonLP24 Feb 2012 #30

They should lower the price when demand goes up? nt Bonobo Feb 2012 #31

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..... Rochester Feb 2012 #33