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Real Cuts Prices for DRM-Restricted Music

Posted by michael on from the gnutella-still-free-for-all dept.

Flint Dragon writes "A story on MSNBC details RealNetworks' next step in converting iPod users from iTunes to their own online music store. Not only can you play music downloaded from their site on your iPod now, you can, for a limited time, purchase music for 50% cheaper (.49/song, 4.99/album)! This is the price that I'm willing to pay for. Too bad it won't last..."

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  1. Re:For a LIMITED TIME only by boomgopher · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Amen, I personally feel that 10 to 25 cents a song is about what I'd pay for DRMed music.

    Sounds too cheap? Well, that's a heck of a lot more than I'm paying for music now (hint: $0)

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  2. Re:For a LIMITED TIME only by Jonny_eh · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Bait and switch would be if they promised 50 cents per song, but when you go to buy the song they say that they ran out of that song and you should buy a different song at a dollar. What Real is doing is called a sale. Every store does it (except Wal-Mart?). Sales are a way to increase awareness of your store. Real's latest sale seems to be working, they made it to the front of slashdot! If you were being sarcastic, I apologise.