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Music Industry Threatens to Pull Plug on Apple
bacterial_pus writes "First the music industry wanted
more money, by changing Apple's 99 cents per song policy. Now one exec is
threatening to pull the plug on Apple if Steve Jobs doesn't change the iTunes Music Store pricing." From the article: "Nash's comments echoes those made last week by Warner CEO Edgar Bronfman, who called for Apple to adopt variable pricing and share out revenues from iPod sales. The record companies' position is based on the dubious argument that digital downloads sell iPods. In fact all the evidence points to the opposite: that iPod sales have driven demand for downloads. The vast majority of digital music sales are made by iPod owners. Cut off Apple and the labels digital sales will slump." More recently Jobs resisted their pressure, and the execs snarked back. Looks like they're getting more serious.
Ford and GM announced today that unless Exxon and Shell start sharing gasoline revenues, future SUVs will run on ethanol.
Light a fire for a man and he'll be warm for a day. Light a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
What? You mean the recording industry doesn't get a cut whenever a CD player or a set of speakers is sold? Clearly the music industry is floundering.
Fine with me, I'll just go back to stealing music.
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
I think you're being a little harsh. Let's allow the market decide if the RIAA deserves some of the proceeds from iPod sales.
At the sale of each iPod in the Apple store, ask the customer to donate $1, $10 or $25 directly to the RIAA. Apple will collect the money and (after assessing appropriate handling charges) send them a check.
Mmmmm...cash cow burgers.
Your courageous and selfless spelling corrections have made me a better person.
I guess they don't consider extortion by big business stealing
I guess to them stealing is only stealing when it's an individual (usually a minor) who they can then threaten with a lawsuit
(Isn't that extortion also?,)
That is wht the Tech big wigs need to do. Google should buy one, yahoo, MS and Apple...
Yeah, that's a great idea! But since there's a fifth big record company, we'll need a fifth big technology company to buy another. Let's see... how about.. yeah! Sony! Since they're a technology company, they'll want to avoid nasty things like DRM and price fixing. I can see it now...
> If they cut off the air supply to Itunes ...
Frankly I'd support it if the music execs cut Air Supply out of iTunes.
Experiment!
NO the humanity, the HUGE MANATEE!
The name's Hugh. Hugh Manatee
I hope they get what they deserve. Six weeks in hell.
Man, this sucks. When I was a lad, if you earned something it was yours. Buy a phonograph record? It's yours, you keep it, you play it as often as you like, wherever you like, till it wears out. Fall foul of a capricious deity? You're damned to hell for all eternity, where your soul shall be tormented in lakes of burning sulphur, yea, and your worm didn't die, nor was your fire quenched. Now it's all "DRM this" and "license that" and "purgatory the other". Your music expires after a month, the TV shows you record delete themselves the next day, and you can't even get into hell for more than six months at a time before you have to go out and sin some more!
The finger