Why AnywhereCD Failed

An anonymous reader writes "In an obituary for AnywhereCD, which closes in one week, founder (and MP3.com founder) Michael Robertson chronicles how at least one record label wanted him to embed credit card numbers of buyers into songs. A fascinating story about how at least some of the labels still don't get it and why AnywhereCD is about to be buried."

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Re:AnywhereCD ???

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From TFA:

After signing the contract we invested months of labor and resources into building the technology to amass the digital inventory, creating the web site, constructing the e-commerce system and testing the process.

Months? How many months does one have to work to get quality content like this? Somebody gotted robbed.

I have found 7 albums so far in their inventory that I would like to buy. Unfortunately I didn't realize the cost was $7 + $3 S&H. That's kind of a big shipping premium there. Buying multiple CDs doesn't drop the shipping price one thin dime. I would much rather spend $7 on the mp3's and save $3 S&H. Had they done just that, I would be spending $50 there right now.