Japanese Musicians Defy Sony by Joining iTunes

Homework Help writes "Japanese musicians under contract by Sony are defying their contracts by using Apple's iTunes service to deliver songs. Rock Musician Hotoharu Sano points out: 'It is an individual's freedom where that person chooses to listen to music. I want to deliver my music wherever my listeners are.' Sony Music Entertainment and Apple are still locked in talks and no agreement has been reached so far. Apple's offering of its iTunes service at lower cost in Japan is greatly attributed to their success." From the article: " Before iTunes' arrival, Japan's top music download service, which is backed by Sony and includes Sony recording artists, averaged about 450,000 downloads a month. By offering its service for lower prices, Apple is undercutting such online music services. Japanese are accustomed to paying twice as much as Apple is charging in Japan, which are still higher than the 99 cents charged in the U.S."

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Re:The money

[What me a Coward]

Uhm yeah and your just now figuring this out??

    I got news for you then babies aren't delivered by storkes either.

    Just to give you a heads up on that one :D

    Oh and welcome to the real world where everybody gets screwed at least ten times daily by some rich bastard with more money than he'll ever spend in his or his childrens lifetime just so he can get even more of what he has to much of to begin with.