Of the 10-15 songs on a CD, unless it's a "Greatest Hits" album, most of those songs are going to be filler, anyway. It's rare that an artist produces an album that, if you had to buy all of the songs individually, you would pay 99 cents for each one of them. iTMS gives you the option of buying the best songs and leaving the dross.
See, but, when i hear a good song, by a band that i'm not familiar with, i'll usually just download that on iTunes...but for my favoriate bands, i'll always buy the whole album, because i'm likely to like the other tracks that aren't singles too...under the "new system" i wouldn't even buy the albums for my favorite bands, i'd just download everything...
You're quite right that iTunes isn't killing the demand for CDs, but they only charge $9.99 for an entire album, in both US and Canada (and others?). This is great since here in Canada, albums go for around $20 most of the time.
yeah, i actually thought of that as i was composing my additional posts...but still, Best Buy usually sells new releases for $9.99 when they come out (so it's the same as buying it on iTunes)...and the difference between $9.99 on iTunes and anywhere from $9.99/$15 to buy a CD in the stores is still a lot smaller then the difference between $0.75 and $9.99/$15....
impulse shopping??? there's nothing more impulsive then when i log onto iTunes to look for one song, and then end up buying like 5 or 6 before i leave...
Yet, Pearlman went further. He said that since this plan puts the onus on a massive Internet presence to distribute all the music in the world, why not have such computer companies as Apple and such major Internet companies as Yahoo simply buy up the world's four major record labels? Pearlman was careful to add, though, that he doesn't see his plan killing off demand for CDs.
while the plan may be good, i have to disagree with the last part...this would (in my opinion) surely kill off the demand for CDs...right now, iTunes isn't killing the demand, becuase it's roughly equivalent to download 15 songs for $0.99 per song, or pay $15 for the CD...however, if i could download 15 songs for only $0.75, so why should i ever buy a CD again?
it appears that when the page was cached (by a bot) that the title was different then if you view it regularly...it doesn't look like they were just altering the cached version...
they were great back then...but you can't expect to compete with "licenesed" games right now if you don't have a license...
i did love nintendo ice hockey though, where you could build your team by picking out the number of fast/skinny, medium or slow/fat guys you wanted on your team...
I don't know what the numbers are like, but i'm guessing this isn't as big of a deal as the NFL contract...something tells me that there are a whole lot more copies of Madden and ESPN2kX football being purchased then that are of MVP Baseball and it's cometitors...
one thing i don't get though...the article says that
"A deal between MLB and Take Two wouldn't change EA's plans in the area, though, as EA doesn't use the MLB branding on its baseball title, MVP Baseball - but smaller rivals in the sector would certainly be squeezed out, such as Sony's MLB range, the latest iteration of which is due out in March."
...but EA Sports titles would certainly be hurt, right? sure, they don't use the name MLB 2004, (like NBA Live and NHL 2004 titles) but they do use all of the players, and teams, and stadiums, etc...i would have to assume that if the exclusive deal went through, they would lose the right to all that content? right?...
Somewhat related to this is the fact that just announced today MLB awarded exclusive rights to fantasy games to MLB's own MLB Advanced Media that controls MLB.com...presumably this means that other baseball fantasy game companies (ESPN, Sandbox, CBSSportsline, etc) would have to buy licenses from MLBAM in order to run fantasy games...
it appears that since the story was written, the advertising space is now up to 99 bids, with current high bid of $14,999.00, placed by http://www.pitronix.co.uk/...
saw these pics this morning...the general greivous pictures look awesome...what's up with the "x-wing" type fighters though? they appear to have an extra wing in the middle...
the wookie going for nookie picture at the top of the page cracked me up...
i saw one of the worst phishing attempts ever a little while ago...you clicked on a URL that was supposed to take you on ebays site...however, the link actually went somewhere else...but, to cover up that fact, whatever program was running actually "painted" over the address URL on the screen...the problem was, even when you minimized the IE window, the address URL remained on the screen...ugh, it was a pathetic attempt...
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Here's the video, in case you've never seen it...
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http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show
The clip is "Trendspotting: Social Networking"...
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i'll surely get first post this way!!!
When i followed the parent's google images link, this was (and still is) the 2nd picture:
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http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=tbn:7x_zMG3HN
Here's another story about this keyboard from almost a year ago...
http://www.everythingusb.com/news/index/6039.htm
Um, even with safe search on, what is up with that 2nd pic???
that link got messed up...just go here and select the "Deacon Effect"...
here's a good test of the a-hole vs. nice guy routine...not sure if it's 100% real or not...but it makes for an interesting read...
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http://www.galaktek.com/cgi-bin/index?page=deffec
while i agree that you'll have to Burn a CD yourself, how are downloads ephermeral?...
impulse shopping??? there's nothing more impulsive then when i log onto iTunes to look for one song, and then end up buying like 5 or 6 before i leave...
that would actually be a great gift...a $20 gift card under that system would be like giving them 20-25 CDs today...
microsoft doesn't prevent you from using another browser...
it appears that when the page was cached (by a bot) that the title was different then if you view it regularly...it doesn't look like they were just altering the cached version...
i know you were just joking, but...
i'm guessing that not too many people use google to search for a search engine...that's kind of circular logic there...
Kind of like how Microsoft should be able to package it's own internet browser along with it's own OS? capitalism...
they were great back then...but you can't expect to compete with "licenesed" games right now if you don't have a license...
i did love nintendo ice hockey though, where you could build your team by picking out the number of fast/skinny, medium or slow/fat guys you wanted on your team...
actually...EA's NHL 2005 is about the closest thing you can get to a hockey season right now...
i hear they're gonna just simulate a full hockey season, and award the stanley cup based on that...
one thing i don't get though...the article says that
Somewhat related to this is the fact that just announced today MLB awarded exclusive rights to fantasy games to MLB's own MLB Advanced Media that controls MLB.com...presumably this means that other baseball fantasy game companies (ESPN, Sandbox, CBSSportsline, etc) would have to buy licenses from MLBAM in order to run fantasy games...
let's all kick in a few bucks and put a big "/." on his forhead...
either that or "all your base are belong to us"...
here's the link to the ebay item...
it appears that since the story was written, the advertising space is now up to 99 bids, with current high bid of $14,999.00, placed by http://www.pitronix.co.uk/...
you were right before...Palpatine = Emporer...that's why he's Emporer Palpatine in 4,5,6...
saw these pics this morning...the general greivous pictures look awesome...what's up with the "x-wing" type fighters though? they appear to have an extra wing in the middle...
the wookie going for nookie picture at the top of the page cracked me up...
i saw one of the worst phishing attempts ever a little while ago...you clicked on a URL that was supposed to take you on ebays site...however, the link actually went somewhere else...but, to cover up that fact, whatever program was running actually "painted" over the address URL on the screen...the problem was, even when you minimized the IE window, the address URL remained on the screen...ugh, it was a pathetic attempt...