Music Industry Set To Introduce the "Ringle"

mrneutron2003 writes "The RIAA has officially backed a move by the recording industry to reintroduce the CD single. Populated with three songs and a ringtone, this brilliantly clueless idea is to be marketed as a 'ringle,' complete with an even more clueless retail price of $6-7 per CD. Apart from the fact the industry hasn't agreed on how the ringtone is to be redeemed (Sony BMG, the initial proponent of the idea, is the exception here), the pricing puts it way out of line with legitimate digital music downloads." At $7, retailers would enjoy a profit margin they haven't seen since the days of cassette tapes and vinyl.

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What's wrong with this? Um ... Numbers?

[Blue Stone]

THREE uncompressed (CD-quality) DRM-free songs for $6?

The Summary says THREE, but TFA says (quote):

Populated with two songs and a "ringtone"

Which of course makes the $6 seem so much better value.

For the Record Companies.