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Music Labels May Seek Higher Download Prices
punxking writes "Some of the big music labels are now clamoring to raise prices for digital music downloads. From the article: 'Music industry executives said introductory wholesale prices for digital tracks had been set low to stimulate demand for online music sales but the success of Apple's music store had prompted concern that they may now be too low.'" Relatedly, the BBC is reporting that iTunes is under investigation in Britain for charging disparities between the UK and the European continent.
Good luck pushing Wal*Mart. They've never bowed to a supplier. If they want to sell digital music at 25-cents a track, the music industry can just take it in the rear.
Oh, wait, there's legitmate places to download music online from?!!!
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One of the bennes is that he sees stories before they are actually published for the unwashed masses.
I'm not a subscriber and I saw this story before it was posted... : p
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The music industry loses all credibility the moment it says "Apple may become too powerful."
Oh, so now Apple is trying to take over the world?
What next? The Salvation Army?
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The real reason they want to charge more is that it will increase the market value of piracy, thus the marketing value of piracy, but not substantially increase what they really lose from piracy.
Example of their current arithmetic:
1,000,000 songs at $0.50 each = $500,000
but, if they charge more it suddnly becomes:
1,000,000 songs at $0.75 each = $750,000
Oh, no! Piracy has just gone up 50%!
Just a thought.
Exam 4/C again. Maybe I'll do better this time.
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