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Would You Pay 5 Cents For a Song?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the over-and-over-again dept.

irikar writes "An academic at McGill University has a simple plan to stop the plague of unauthorized music downloads on the Internet. But it entails changing the entire music industry as we know it, and Apple Computers, which may have the power to make the change, is listening."

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  1. SOLD by SPAMALOT · · Score: 0, Troll

    I would pay 5 cents for a song of decent quality. 24.119.169.210 spammemchs@hotmail.com

  2. 5 or 50 ? by rasjani · · Score: 0, Troll

    I wouldnt pay for 50cent songs so why would i pay 5 cents ?

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    yush
  3. Re:No matter what free will always win... by drakaan · · Score: 1, Troll
    Since we're talking pricing, here's the part that made me shake my head.

    Pearlman said that Pfohl misunderstood the idea. Then again, another record-industry type, casually speaking to Pearlman after the talk, had perhaps the most succinct counter suggestion. Why not charge 10 cents, instead of 5, and double the revenue?

    This kind of stupidity is the reason that the music industry is in trouble today. Serious PHB-syndrome seems to be rampant in the companies that make up the RIAA/MPAA.

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    "Murphy was an optimist" - O'Toole's commentary on Murphy's Law
  4. Re:No matter what free will always win... by gabebear · · Score: 0, Troll

    not as much as me!!