In the article Ethan writes:
For months, digital-music services have been touting albums for $9.99 to entice more people to buy online. But Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes Music Store has been charging $16.99 for "Fly or Die," while Roxio Inc.'s Napster service sells the 12-song collection for $13.99.
But he is getting facts wrong in his second paragraph. iTMS is selling "Fly or Die" for US$13.99 since the album was released. He goes on to suggests that purchasing a whole album will cost more than the individual tracks. Tracks on the store are US$0.99. While there are some tracks that only can be purchased with a complete album, purchasing that complete album does not make the price of the individual tracks go above $0.99.
In many cases it's actually cheaper to purchased the full album that it is to purchase all of the individual songs.
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In the article Ethan writes: For months, digital-music services have been touting albums for $9.99 to entice more people to buy online. But Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes Music Store has been charging $16.99 for "Fly or Die," while Roxio Inc.'s Napster service sells the 12-song collection for $13.99. But he is getting facts wrong in his second paragraph. iTMS is selling "Fly or Die" for US$13.99 since the album was released. He goes on to suggests that purchasing a whole album will cost more than the individual tracks. Tracks on the store are US$0.99. While there are some tracks that only can be purchased with a complete album, purchasing that complete album does not make the price of the individual tracks go above $0.99. In many cases it's actually cheaper to purchased the full album that it is to purchase all of the individual songs.