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U.S. Investigating Online Music Pricing
An anonymous reader writes "Times Online has a story about the U.S. Federal Government investigating whether the music labels are fixing prices for online music sales. 'The antitrust division is looking at the possibility of anti-competitive practices in the music download industry ... Mr Jobs suggested such a move would drive owners of Apple's iPod, the hugely popular digital music player, to piracy, a problem that has cost the music industry billions in revenues in recent years.'"
Obviously, all of you just DON'T understand. In order to properly make a recording, not only to you need musicians and a producer; you need lawyers, agents, marketing reps, and dozens of other various hangers on. Without this huge support staff, then how else could you justify charging so much for a recording?
... but say "limp dick fine" on the radio or TV and you owe the FCC $500k.
George W. Bush owns an iPod Shuffle. Coincidence? I think not.
Hell is not other people; it is yourself. - Ludwig Wittgenstein
Quick! Someone get "W" a video i-pod. Then we can tell the MPAA to f-off. :D
Life is not for the lazy.
I agree, it's too much money, and for a compressed version at that. Basically the music industry has said: "Hey, we've reduced our distribution costs considerably, and to celebrate we're going to give you your music with lower fidelity and DRM tacked on for the same price as you used to pay. Enjoy!"
Ceci n'est pas une sig.
Unless you're Oprah...