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Music Labels May Seek Higher Download Prices

Posted by Zonk on from the they're-never-going-to-get-it dept.

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.

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  1. Re:First "this is a dup" comment? by zcat_NZ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is it a dupe, or are they jacking up prices _again_ ?

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  2. Re:Costs? by cayenne8 · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Hell, I don't pay $.99 right now for songs that are in a quality degraded format as it is. If they sold them in a lossless format, such as a .wav or .flac...I might consider it.

    But, I'm not going to pay what they charge now for less than top quality songs, much less a higher rate.

    I'd rather have the best format I can...and I'll do the compression (lossy) for non-home listening environments like the car or portables....

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