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Music Labels Charge Too Much For Microsoft

Posted by Zonk on from the i-share-microsoft's-opinion dept.

Bret540 writes "Yahoo is reporting that Microsoft has ended license talks with four major music labels. From the article: 'The paper [the Wall Street Journal] reported negotiations broke down Friday over what Microsoft considered high royalty rates.' How much more can the music labels demand when even Microsoft won't go to market? With other recent developments, one must wonder how long the music industry can keep pushing."

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  1. Cool... by gowen · · Score: 5, Funny

    They'll fail to agree on this issue, but decide to organise a joint conference next year entitled : "Price Gouging For Fun And Profit : How to make a de facto monopoly work for you"

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  2. They don't realize... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They'll push until Microsoft owns them

  3. Too much eh... by ploss · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other news, Microsoft puts out a new security update that enables a global Windows-based peer-to-peer filesharing network.

    Steve Ballmer was quoted, "F**K THAT RIAA! I'm GOING TO F**KING KILL YOU TOO!! KILL!!! KILL!! KILLL!!!!!!"

    Stock prices of major furniture companies went up as well on the news, on forecasts of the increased need for chairs.

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