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Why Won't Apple Sell Your iTunes LPs?
jfruhlinger writes "Over the weekend there's been a bit of controversy over the fact that Apple has effectively shut indie artists out of the iTunes LP market by charging $10,000 in design fees. But the real question is why Apple is in charge of designing the new iTunes LP at all, since the format is based on open Web design technologies. There's at least one iTunes LP already available outside the iTunes store. Why won't Apple sell it?"
It's part of that retro-is-new thing, all the kids are doing it, it's alltuhh-9ytujhff all the rage (sorry, electric typewriter keys got stuck - one of the hazards of being cool).
Nope, videos are recorded in H.264, then recorded on vinyl. It does require a 50000 RPM turntable though.
The digital LP is a focus to get those things back, so you can have all your extras for the complete experience.
How are you supposed to sort the seeds out of pot on the back of a digital LP?
There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.