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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. Why? by scottsk · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Why would MS want to even get into this market? They're the peddlers selling shovels to the 49ers who think they'll get rich in the online music market - supplying them with DRM. Just about every music seller is just using MS's platform. (I don't even know what differentiates them.) Online music will either work and make MS a ton of licensing revenue, or it'll go belly up and MS will have a mature, proven DRM solution to sell someone else.