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Burn A Song For 99 Cents
tusixoh writes "CNN is running an article about an online music company, Listen.com, who has signed deals with Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group allowing users to burn songs from both companies' catalogs (more than 75,000 available tracks) on Listen's Rhapsody music subscription service for 99 cents per track. Until now, Rhapsody had primarily offered only streamed music to subscribers from all of the world's largest record labels as well as several independent labels." The upside of this, of course, is that it won't be necessary to pay for songs that are just "album filler".
Then, all you have to do is buy 10 more songs at our regular price of $2.99 and you're done. There is nothing more to buy... ever!
Now I don't have to bother will all those inconvient P2P networks.
This is wonderful news. I think this is what I wanted all along: good songs for a decent price. Seems like the record industry is finally coming to the point of realizing that people aren't out to rip the artists or the music labels off... just have a good deal for their music.
These are the good old days you'll be telling your children about. Make them worthwhile.
Please God!
Please don't let them get Alf and Terry Bradshaw to do thier commercials.
I can't take that anymore Lord.
Metallica S&M would run over $20 on this.
Metallica's S&M CD is a 2 CD set. It retails for $25.
$ .99 * 21 songs = $20.79
You save $4.21!
neurostarThat's a pessimistic view. I'm more realist. I really don't see the dark ages of computing just around the corner.
And please, for the love of God please, no one respond with "well the DCMA got passed!". I get a massive laugh out of that.."Damn DCMA got passed..doesn't seem to have effected my download of 20 gigs of warez and mp3's a day, but it's still evil!"
Finally, math books without any of that base 6 crap in them.
$.99 a song? That's great! For a CD with 15 songs, why that's only ... $15 ...
Hey, wait a minute!
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The upside of this, of course, is that it won't be necessary to pay for songs that are just "album filler".
The down side is that $8 punk album I just bought would cost $29.69 online.
I use this thing called a "turntable." It's really cool, if a little unweildy, and the music is recorded in the entirely noncontroversial LP3 format.