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Apple Wooing Smaller Labels

Posted by pudge on from the yo-slashdot-raps dept.

kalel666 writes "Apple has a big event planned for Thursday in Cupertino with hundreds of representatives from smaller indie music labels."

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  1. When apple's done by jabbadabbadoo · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...we'll have something called iIndies.

  2. Re:Finally! by baka_boy · · Score: 3, Funny

    The major labels are already getting $0.65 from every track sold through the Apple music channel. I would expect that most of the independent labels would club baby seals for that kind of profit margin.

  3. Reminds me of a story by mental_telepathy · · Score: 3, Funny

    There once was a woman at the beach. Her son was swept away by the tide.
    She prayed to God to have her son brought back. Suddenly, the tide changes, and her son comes sweeping back in. The woman looks up at the heavens and says "He had a hat!"
    I am sure there is a message there somewhere...

  4. Re:Death to Big Labels by Gaijinator · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Dinosaurs were big and dominated the earth and THEY DIED OUT.

    That analogy doesn't fit very well. Dinosaurs were cold-blooded carnivores*... oh wait.

    * (Yes, I know some dinosaurs were also wussy Vegans.)

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  5. Re:Three million sold? by FosterKanig · · Score: 4, Funny

    It was over 1 mil in the first week.
    They reached 2 mil in 16 days.
    They reached 3 mil in 4 weeks.
    At this rate they will be selling only 1 song a week by the end of the year. And this means...

    (everybody say it with me)
    Beleagured Apple is going out of business!!!

  6. Re:Death to Big Labels by dogfart · · Score: 4, Funny
    The Dinosaurs were big and dominated the earth and THEY DIED OUT.

    Q. What's the difference between the RIAA and "Jurassic Park" ?

    A. One is a desert island filled with extinct man-eating reptiles. The other is a movie.

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