[Editorial] Is avex Afraid Of Letting Ayumi Hamasaki Release Singles?

[LacusClyne]

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

^^ And even the Korean acts they have aren't the most popular ones...lol.

I wonder if after the "get caught downloading music and you'll be charged with 2,000,000 Yen" rules comes into place (Oct. 1st) people will be more cautious, thus purchasing music?

But really, Tsutaya is the biggest problem right now. Renting music is way cheaper. And singles are rentable starting from the release date, only albums are delayed.

Yup, I saw more people in tsutaya then tower records when I was there. Wanted to rent some CDs, to rip to my laptop then return them, but they do not seem to allow tourists to rent