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Would Free Music Sell Cars?

Posted by timothy on from the music-as-a-condiment dept.

rhfrommn writes "An opinion piece on news.com says the old method of selling music CDs is doomed and suggests the best new method is to give away the content. No more 'piracy' or 'rights management' to worry about! The author discusses ad based models, giving music away as a promotion (buy a car, get 1000 hours of music free type stuff) and other methods. All based on cheap hardware like MP3 players as the new medium to replace CD."

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  1. Too late by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You can get as many free hours of music as you want now. It'll be that way in the future.

  2. Re:Free content for all! by ip_vjl · · Score: 5, Interesting
    ... music through the air. [snip] I hear it's called 'radio' or something.


    I know your post is meant as humor, but it reminded me of something I was thinking about on the way into work this morning.

    I was listening to the radio and there was a song I liked - don't know the name, don't know by who. There was no DJ break at the time, and by the time there would be one, I would no longer be in the car ... so not much chance of finding out who it was.

    Now *THAT* would be something that I would like ... potentially as a way of selling this new digital satellite radio crap.

    When I hear a song ... I can click the 'buy this song' button on the radio. It doesn't even need to download it to the car (though I suppose it could). It could just charge me a reasonable fee (maybe 0.75 - 1.00) and make a good MP3/OGG available for download in my "account" on the site.

    That way, music would become an impulse buy. Same way they leave the candy bars next to the cash register at the supermarket.

    See/Hear it ... want it ... buy it. (R)
    oh yeah. that would be the way.