Apple Mulls Flat-Rate "Unlimited Music" Option

Mike writes "Apple is in discussions with the big music companies about an 'all you can eat' model for buying music that would give customers free access to its entire iTunes music library in exchange for paying a premium for its iPod and iPhone devices. Finally, it looks like the industry (or at least Apple) is 'getting it'. The real question is not whether the big music companies will go for it, but rather, who will be the first one to get smart and agree to offer it?"

Comments

I don't own an ipod

[Ralph Spoilsport]

so what do I get out of this? Why can't I have "total" access to the library?

RS

Re:As long as

[Naughty Bob]

Okay I'll bite, once more-

Barriers to entry (to an industry) designed to avoid the competition that new entrants would bring.
Apple has established no barrier to prevent others from entering the market; witness Amazon's MP3 store

Witness Amazon's mp3 store is right. It's exactly like the MSFT bundling issue. I'm not saying the Amazon service can't exist. But their ability to compete would be restricted by this move by Apple, as Apple would be leveraging their monopoly. Man, it's simple, and this will not happen if Apples lawyers have a clue.