Bill's idea of charging for updates has it's equivalent in the car industry where the sleazy dealer sells cracked out jalopies, splits profits and works hand in hand with the sleazy over-charging mechanic just down the road from the dealership.
yes,it's pretty crazy innit...just do the math. in vague estimation,abt 1/3 of apple users have access to itms.whom only constitute just about 2% of the computer market can buy 500000 songs a week.that in a time where p2p programs like kazaa are still around. that is pretty crazy if you ask me,pretty dubious figures. however if it is true then just imagine how much we are looking at if and when itms reaches the windows platform?
eventually, once this is in place the big labels may once again band together and totally erase any form of p2p sharing eg kazaa and itunes may become the only online music download site around.
the labels get like 65% of each track, so this could be a masterplan.....imagine the future...where there are no more cds sold in record stores and itms is the only retail medium for music?
*wakes up* "damn, all this cold sweat is soaking the sheets"
i guess that that's the way it is with almost any hardware company nowadays, you fiddle with your purchased hardware and the warranty's void.
i mean, apple may not be the squeaky clean people's champion but they've certainly delivered for me.
i'd just like to state that i know where you're coming from, there is so much crap pop music out there now overwhelming the market and if i had my way....the likes of justin and britney would be 'workin it hard slogging on the endless gravy train of lives shows.
but you know what,it wouldn't change a thing,justin and britney would still sell stadiums and the new corporations would be the promoters whom choose whom to put on stage and pick the live acts for music festivals
the situation now is the result of the state of the common music palette,most ppl are just happy to swallow anything on the radio.there can't be very many ppl like you,perhaps just 5%(familiar statistic innit?) whom take the plunge and really bother to push the envelope with the music they listen to. ergo...there will always be huge corporations because they are the only way into making it into the industry and getting your "music" out to masses via radio,
yes, it's dirty and rotten because ppl make "music" to make money but *sigh* it's the truth and it's gonna stay that way.
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Bill's idea of charging for updates has it's equivalent in the car industry where the sleazy dealer sells cracked out jalopies, splits profits and works hand in hand with the sleazy over-charging mechanic just down the road from the dealership.
yes,it's pretty crazy innit...just do the math. in vague estimation,abt 1/3 of apple users have access to itms.whom only constitute just about 2% of the computer market can buy 500000 songs a week.that in a time where p2p programs like kazaa are still around. that is pretty crazy if you ask me,pretty dubious figures. however if it is true then just imagine how much we are looking at if and when itms reaches the windows platform?
eventually, once this is in place the big labels may once again band together and totally erase any form of p2p sharing eg kazaa and itunes may become the only online music download site around.
the labels get like 65% of each track, so this could be a masterplan.....imagine the future...where there are no more cds sold in record stores and itms is the only retail medium for music?
*wakes up*
"damn, all this cold sweat is soaking the sheets"
i guess that that's the way it is with almost any hardware company nowadays, you fiddle with your purchased hardware and the warranty's void. i mean, apple may not be the squeaky clean people's champion but they've certainly delivered for me.
i'd just like to state that i know where you're coming from, there is so much crap pop music out there now overwhelming the market and if i had my way....the likes of justin and britney would be 'workin it hard slogging on the endless gravy train of lives shows. but you know what,it wouldn't change a thing,justin and britney would still sell stadiums and the new corporations would be the promoters whom choose whom to put on stage and pick the live acts for music festivals the situation now is the result of the state of the common music palette,most ppl are just happy to swallow anything on the radio.there can't be very many ppl like you,perhaps just 5%(familiar statistic innit?) whom take the plunge and really bother to push the envelope with the music they listen to. ergo...there will always be huge corporations because they are the only way into making it into the industry and getting your "music" out to masses via radio, yes, it's dirty and rotten because ppl make "music" to make money but *sigh* it's the truth and it's gonna stay that way.