The argument that banking fees take up 20 to 30% of online music sellers costs is just rubbish.
acutally...no, it isn't...i know.
You assume that people would spend less on music if tracks were cheaper, because they would be buying the same number of tracks for less money. I think they would spend more. Perhaps a lot more. I certanily would.
no i am not assuming that...if tracks were 10 cents like this thread first suggested you would have to buy 9 times the amount of songs to make up the difference in price. i am not going to buy something just because it is 10 cents...that is a ridiculous way to think....because then i have a bunch of junk that i don't want just because it was cheap. doesn't make any sense. and even if they do buy 100 songs...it is still not enough to pay out everyone that needs to be paid...it is just simple economics.
like another thread suggested with the increase in cost of living and inflation...1 dollar is now pretty expendable.
true that there is no distribution fees that must be paid. but i ask you...do you even know what the fees are that have to be paid out?
since you are dealing online there are not any distribution fees but there are now credit card processing fees that must be paid...which is usually about $.20-$.30, on the low side. then you have to pay the publishing fee, the artists, and have a little leftover for the record company. so already the money that the label receives is pennies, literally. if songs were cheaper than a dollar no one would make a profit and itunes and all these other services could not exist.
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acutally...no, it isn't...i know.
You assume that people would spend less on music if tracks were cheaper, because they would be buying the same number of tracks for less money. I think they would spend more. Perhaps a lot more. I certanily would.
no i am not assuming that...if tracks were 10 cents like this thread first suggested you would have to buy 9 times the amount of songs to make up the difference in price. i am not going to buy something just because it is 10 cents...that is a ridiculous way to think....because then i have a bunch of junk that i don't want just because it was cheap. doesn't make any sense. and even if they do buy 100 songs...it is still not enough to pay out everyone that needs to be paid...it is just simple economics.
like another thread suggested with the increase in cost of living and inflation...1 dollar is now pretty expendable.
since you are dealing online there are not any distribution fees but there are now credit card processing fees that must be paid...which is usually about $.20-$.30, on the low side. then you have to pay the publishing fee, the artists, and have a little leftover for the record company. so already the money that the label receives is pennies, literally. if songs were cheaper than a dollar no one would make a profit and itunes and all these other services could not exist.
seriously...it is a dollar. get over being cheap!