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MP3 Download Prices to Rise?

Posted by Hemos on from the bad-move dept.

OBeardedOne writes "The major music labels are in talks with music download services attempting to get them to increase the price of music downloads. " Sounds like there is division in the ranks of the music companies, but something to watch.

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  1. www.allofmp3.com by zackrentwood · · Score: 5, Funny

    All of MP3 http://www.allofmp3.com/ already went from $0.01/MB to $0.02. This is old news.

    1. Re:www.allofmp3.com by Golias · · Score: 2, Funny

      That is, they could figure out that you like that "fucked-up indie" stuff, and so charge you $4 for it, whereas if I think it is merely OK they might only ask $0.50 from me.

      Not a problem. Before I even read the rest of your post it occurred to me that I just form a co-op with about 50 other people of diverse tastes (including their teenaged star-obsessed kids), and we buy music for each other based on who gets the best deal.

      Also, I could go out of my way to buy a balanced mix of genres, and then share my personal pricing data with a small group of black teens who happen specialized tastes, and find that they have to pay eight times as much for their favorite songs as I do. Then I can sit back and watch the discrimination lawsuits shred the industry to ribbons.

      Pricing tweaked to the customer has not been accomplished in any other industry, what makes your prof so sure they could pull it off?

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      Information wants to be anthropomorphized.

    2. Re:www.allofmp3.com by sp3tt · · Score: 2, Funny

      In Soviet Russia, mp3 downloads you!
      (Well someone had to say it)
      In Soviet Russia, prices raise you!

    3. Re:www.allofmp3.com by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I believe in stealing from them, causing the same negative economic effect on them while getting what I want for free.

      Enjoy your morality and "old fashioned" values, I'll be over here listening to thousands of free songs.

  2. prices? by MindDelay · · Score: 5, Funny

    you mean we're supposed to pay for mp3s?

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    Spiral out. Keep going...
  3. New record label? by tommyth · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've never heard of this "404" record label. Or are they a group representing record labels? And why is /. affiliated with them?

  4. Sing, fuckers, sing! by Tackhead · · Score: 3, Funny
    Gimme a simple backbeat. *thumpa, thumpa, thumpa* Aaw yeah, that's it.

    > The requested URL (%3CA%20HREF=) was not found.
    > > Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.

    Percent three, with a Cee-Ayy percent,
    Nothin' for you to see here.
    Percent twenty, Aitch-Arr-Eee-Eff,
    URL wasn't found.
    Slashdot editors makin' no sense,
    Nothin' for you to see here.
    Least it wasn't a duplicate H-ref,
    Time to move along.

    (If the article was workin' I'd know how much to charge you for reading this. Sheesh.)

  5. price to rise, eh? by panic911 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well I'm glad I don't pay for my mp3's :)

  6. Wow that's really gonna hurt by vapid+transit · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they raise prices they'll be even less competitive with the price of $0.00 that I currently pay per song.

  7. Re:Nice link.... by wpc4 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sorry, but all your links are belong to the /. editors.

  8. Re:Nope by RobotRunAmok · · Score: 3, Funny

    Never paid for it in my life, and I'm not about to start. I guess I can be proud of that.

    Whaddya proud of? That you're 12 years old? Sure, great, here's a cookie...

  9. Re:Nope by FlopEJoe · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Never paid for it in my life, and I'm not about to start. I guess I can be proud of that."

    We're still talking about MP3s, right?

  10. Re:Sounds like OPEC by anonicon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not a bad idea, but I think they already have an existing cartel name. The Music And Film Industries of America, or MAFIA for short.

  11. Listen guys, you've gotta stop! by Sj0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Listen guys, we've been over this a thousand times before. We don't really want to sell music, we want to screw people, and you guys selling popular music at reasonable prices really cuts into the number of college kids we can sue for downloading music!"

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    It's been a long time.
  12. New to the world? by Safety+Cap · · Score: 4, Funny

    > One suggestion is that labels want to introduce variable pricing - so they can charge more for top selling tracks.

    You know what? I'm all for it... if it means they are willing to discount the less-popular stuff in exchange.

    So, you think that the record companies, who are already in a frothy panic because they think they're losing all their profits to those "p2p pirates" are going to suddenly become magnanimous and cut you a break by lowering their profit margin?

    *chuckle*

    Let me guess: you also swallowed that line about how the government will restore those pesky civil liberties you used to have once the War on Terrah is won.

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    Yeah, right.
  13. Re:I'm probably not alone in this: by Michael+Wardle · · Score: 2, Funny

    No DRM? You must live in America.