Rob Glaser, chairman and chief executive of RealNetworks, said the primary targets are the millions of users of file-swapping networks, where music can be obtained for free but often in violation of copyright laws.
Yes, everyone should realize that downloading the Beck discography on e-mule and listening to all the albums over and over again while smoking massive amounts of pot is not the way to go about things. Also, just because one can download way more than 25 *albums* a day with BT is in no way a detraction from going to rhapsody to get your 25 "plays" of the new britney spears CD.
Cue the finance wonk who is a music expert...
"The value proposition of $15 a month is quite a compelling, competitive challenge for Apple," said Phil Leigh, senior analyst at Inside Digital Media in Tampa, Fla. "It enables you to listen to so much more music."
But wait! How do they pay for it? Is it a bird, is it a plane? no! It's Google and Chrysler (hey--is Chryler supposed to be bleeding money already? why the hell are they jumping on this train of wreckless abandon that's headed into hundreds of clones of ICP?)
Because RealNetworks must pay an undisclosed licensing fee every time a song is played, even if it is free, the company is turning to ads from Chrysler and an arrangement making Google Inc.'s search toolbar an optional download with Rhapsody.
It amazes me like companies like "Real Networks" have market caps at 1.1 billion... and this is *after* the bubble burst...
Meanwhile on the front...
Meanwhile, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. launched on Tuesday a custom music CD service for those who may not have a CD burner or a high-speed Internet connection. Customers select songs from an online catalog, and Wal-Mart will put the selections on a CD and mail it. A three-song CD costs $6.59 with shipping. Each additional song costs 88 cents.
Yay! Now people can download crappy music from their trailers!
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Rob Glaser, chairman and chief executive of RealNetworks, said the primary targets are the millions of users of file-swapping networks, where music can be obtained for free but often in violation of copyright laws.
Yes, everyone should realize that downloading the Beck discography on e-mule and listening to all the albums over and over again while smoking massive amounts of pot is not the way to go about things. Also, just because one can download way more than 25 *albums* a day with BT is in no way a detraction from going to rhapsody to get your 25 "plays" of the new britney spears CD.
Cue the finance wonk who is a music expert...
"The value proposition of $15 a month is quite a compelling, competitive challenge for Apple," said Phil Leigh, senior analyst at Inside Digital Media in Tampa, Fla. "It enables you to listen to so much more music."
But wait! How do they pay for it? Is it a bird, is it a plane? no! It's Google and Chrysler (hey--is Chryler supposed to be bleeding money already? why the hell are they jumping on this train of wreckless abandon that's headed into hundreds of clones of ICP?)
Because RealNetworks must pay an undisclosed licensing fee every time a song is played, even if it is free, the company is turning to ads from Chrysler and an arrangement making Google Inc.'s search toolbar an optional download with Rhapsody.
It amazes me like companies like "Real Networks" have market caps at 1.1 billion... and this is *after* the bubble burst...
Meanwhile on the front...
Meanwhile, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. launched on Tuesday a custom music CD service for those who may not have a CD burner or a high-speed Internet connection. Customers select songs from an online catalog, and Wal-Mart will put the selections on a CD and mail it. A three-song CD costs $6.59 with shipping. Each additional song costs 88 cents.
Yay! Now people can download crappy music from their trailers!