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Jobs Resists Music Industry Pressure

Posted by Zonk on from the hold-firm dept.

Drew writes "Steve Jobs is opposed to raising the price of online music sales, calling the music industry greedy, and implying that price increases will bring about more piracy." From the article: "It may not seem like it, but it has been more than two years since the launch of the iTunes Music Store, and that alone has the music industry brimming with hopes for price-adjustments. They also don't buy Jobs' argument that a price increase will result in more piracy, but probably not for the reasons we might assume. I've long been of the conviction that piracy is not nearly as large of a problem as the RIAA makes it out to be." Also covered at Macworld.

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  1. Instead of raising rates.. by squison · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe they could cut costs..but, oh, I don't know.. hiring less lawyers to sue their customers.

    1. Re:Instead of raising rates.. by Smidge204 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Don't be silly! Their legal department probably has a better cost/earning ratio than the rest of their operation!

      =Smidge=

  2. I'm with you, Steve by bgfay · · Score: 4, Funny

    In fact, let's really show those greedy bastards and set the per song price of an iTunes download to twenty-five cents! That way, downloading an album would actually be cheaper than buying the jewel box.

    You go, Steve!

    Um, he is talking about lowering the prices, isn't he?

    Oh.

    Never mind.

    --
    Yeah, I'm as old as my UID would suggest.
  3. Pressure from Pepsi? by kosibar · · Score: 5, Funny

    I never bought a song on iTunes - I've gotten them all for free with Pepsi caps.

    I don't usually drink Pepsi, but when I see those yellow caps, I tip the bottles, find a winner, then get a Pepsi (instead of the Coke I would buy otherwise) and get my free song.

    So I think this is in response to pressure from Pepsi. If you pay more per song, you'll be more likely to buy a Pepsi for a chance to win a free download.

    It's a conspiracy, I tell you!

  4. "Hey, what do with this golden goose?" by Cr0w+T.+Trollbot · · Score: 5, Funny
    "What does it do?"

    "It lays golden eggs."

    "Do we own the goose?"

    "No, but we get half the eggs as long as the goose uses our nest."

    "We ain't got to do nuthin' and we still get half the eggs?"

    "Yep."

    "But we don't own the goose."

    "Nope."

    "I say we kill it!"

    - Crow T. Trollbot

  5. Re:Greed. by squiggleslash · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey! None of that! Talk Like A Pirate Day was yesterday!

    --
    You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
  6. Re:Abroad... by Ingolfke · · Score: 4, Funny
    There are a lot of great American musicians putting out music, both past and present. Here's a short list to get you started... hopefully you've heard of one or two of them.

    • The Beatles
    • Led Zepplin
    • Franz Ferdinand
    • Can
    • Architecture in Helsinki
    • Bjork
    • Lucciano Pavorati


    The list goes on and on dude... all great musicians... all 100% American!
  7. At $1 per year in salary by joeflies · · Score: 5, Funny

    He wouldn't be able to buy an iTunes song on what he makes if the price goes up!