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Record Labels Push for iTunes Price Hike
csteinle writes "Looks like the major labels are getting their own way again. The New York Post reports that the price per track may be going up to $1.25, while the per album price for some albums could go as high as $16.99. The Register has its own take on this, too. Aren't you glad you starting paying for downloaded music?" Update: 05/07 19:15 GMT by M : Apple says their prices won't increase.
It's so fucking stupid that I want to rip my nuts off, cook them, and then eat them.
Yeah! That'll show 'em!
'I ain't a liar, baby, and I ain't proud I just want what I'm not allowed.' -- Violent Femmes, 36-24-36
Fucking idiots. They deserve whatever they get,.
I am a believer of momentum and curves.
Yes! Terrific idea! After all, how expensive can it be to buy the record label that distributes "The Beatles"?
and go back to their tried and true anal ra... business model
I think you meant "anal rape^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hbusiness model". Try changing your TERM environment variable; it may be set incorrectly.
And so, laughing maniacally, the music industry snatches the gun from Apple and begins frantically shooting the stumps at the ends of its legs.
You take 0.99 and subtract the line items:
0.99-(0.70 + 0.20 + 0.10) = -0.01
That mean that the artist OWES someone $0.01 for each song sold.
Dogma - "let's just say we'd like to avoid any empirical entanglements."
I heard that the Nazis used to do that too.
Is there a mod for +5, Dream On? :)
The problem is that the word "irregardless" breaks all rules about word construction in the English language. The root word is "regard". "regardless" means to have no regard, as per standard English suffixing rules. "irregardless" represents the negation of the word "regardless", as per standard English prefixing rules. So, it must mean to not not have regard for. IOW, it's a double negative, all in one word. It's like someone saying "unthaw" when they really mean "thaw"... it's just - plain - wrong! Watch what you say. Your ideas are inflammable.
It's not the size of your .sig that matters, it's how you use it.
Unfortunately, you've fallen for one of the more classic blunders.
...the most famous of which is "Never get involved in a land war in Asia."
Ooh, a sarcasm detector. Oh, that's a real useful invention.
But only slightly lesser known is, "Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!" Sorry, I couldn't resist.
No, I'm pretty sure he means Anal Ra, an obscure egyptian deity who was based on the sun god but was quite fastidious about his duties as a deity.