jjoshua
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1 edit | Finally
Something reasonable. And legal. |
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join:2000-05-11 | No kidding. And way late. Amazon, eMusic and 7digital (among others) had been doing this for quite awhile now.
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beaups
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the 256kbs bitrate is exciting too. I could never imagine paying $1 for a DRM'd 128kbps song. I would think if you want people to pay for something when the competition is "free" then you better at least make sure the product is just as good. This is good. |
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Cheese
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clubs: | How much....
Does it cost to buy Itunes? Since the whole store is for sale, i'll buy it and jack up the prices! MUAHAHAHAHAH |
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quatrix
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Davie, FL | reply to jjoshua
Re: Finally
It was already legal, but I'm sure you knew that. |
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apollo80
join:2002-01-31
Richmond, VA | For those that have iTunes DRM songs already...
Anyone know if iTunes will allow for a download of the drm free songs for free or for a small fee for those that have already purchased drm songs? |
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| The fee used to be 29 cents per song, but may have gone away or changed to a lower amount by now.
By the way, I'm predicting that AmazonMP3 &c will drop their prices for some songs to match iTunes' 69-cent collection.
$1.29 though...gimme a break. |
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Jehu
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said by apollo80  :Anyone know if iTunes will allow for a download of the drm free songs for free or for a small fee for those that have already purchased drm songs? They are charging like 30 cents per song to "upgrade" to the DRM free version. |
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sousademiami
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Hialeah, FL | reply to quatrix
Re: Finally
I think the point is, before the options were reasonable OR legal, now we have something that is both reasonable AND legal.
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wifi4milez
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Re: For those that have iTunes DRM songs already...
said by apollo80 :Anyone know if iTunes will allow for a download of the drm free songs for free or for a small fee for those that have already purchased drm songs? quote:
iTunes offers customers a simple, one-click option to easily upgrade their entire library of previously purchased songs to the higher quality DRM-free iTunes Plus format for just 30 cents per song or 30 percent of the album price.
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Matt
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1 edit |  $1.29 iTunes Plus?
They've been offering iTunes Plus songs with no DRM at $1.29 for a year or so ... was that limited to certain songs and now this new pricing scheme has been pushed to all songs?
It would have helped if I had read the article first. |
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Re: Finally
Considering most of the music I like is old and unpopular, I expect to be paying less for more.
All I've got to say is if teenage girls start listening to Steely Dan and Oingo Boingo, I may have to get Medieval on someone quick....
Edit to add "I like"
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b10010011
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1 edit |  They will adopt the RIAA's backwards economics pricing plan.
Where popular music cost more than obscure, old, or less popular music.
Since there is in essence an unlimited supply. Basic economics would dictate that popular music costs less because they will make up the differece in volume.
Less popular, obscure, and old tracks should cost more because people are willing to pay more for hard to find and rare tracks. |
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tad2020
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Orange, CA | reply to Cheese
Re: How much....
That'll be second most expensive AT&T iPhone bill we've ever seen. |
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DC DSL
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Re: They will adopt the RIAA's backwards economics pricing plan.
said by b10010011 :Where popular music cost more than obscure, old, or less popular music. Since there is in essence an unlimited supply. Basic economics would dictate that popular music costs less because they will make up the differece in volume. Less popular, obscure, and old tracks should cost more because people are willing to pay more for hard to find and rare tracks.
That is often done with physical media, since it isn't economically as appealing to produce older titles with lower sales. Once something has aged, it should cost *less* to purchase...think "last year's model" in electronics or fashion.
One thing that has kept me from replacing many of my old vinyl titles was the ridiculous prices of $15 or $20 for a disc of a 1960s or 1970s album. If it'll cost me $10 or less per album, I'll finally go all digital. Otherwise, I'll live with what I have. I refuse to spend all that much more money.
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SLD
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Apple also announced that iPhone users can now preview and purchase the entire iTunes Store via the 3G network, something previously restricted to Wi-Fi How many users purchased the entire iTunes Store via Wi-Fi? Did they have it on sale, say for $5 million? |
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Re: For those that have iTunes DRM songs already...
said by wifi4milez :said by apollo80 :Anyone know if iTunes will allow for a download of the drm free songs for free or for a small fee for those that have already purchased drm songs? quote:
iTunes offers customers a simple, one-click option to easily upgrade their entire library of previously purchased songs to the higher quality DRM-free iTunes Plus format for just 30 cents per song or 30 percent of the album price.
How nice of them.
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Re: They will adopt the RIAA's backwards economics pricing plan.
said by b10010011 :Where popular music cost more than obscure, old, or less popular music. Since there is in essence an unlimited supply. Basic economics would dictate that popular music costs less because they will make up the diffenece in volume. Less popular, obscure, and old tracks should cost more because people are willing to pay more for hard to find and rare tracks. It's supply and demand without the supply. In the interest of making a profit, it still makes far more sense to charge more for items which have the greatest demand.
Old music is ... well, old. People may have already paid for it the first go around, so they may be less inclined pay full price for it all over again. Lower the price a bit and you'll likely make more money on quantity purchases of people digging through the cobwebs to find old favorites. Similar to the bargain bins of DVDs at walmart.
Rare music generally is generally out of print or never released by a studio, and wouldn't be available on iTunes anyway. They may very well charge full price for it as part of a "new" collection of rare tracks.
I would much rather pay $1.29 for a DRM free track than $.99 for one with DRM.
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Boricua65
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said by DC DSL :One thing that has kept me from replacing many of my old vinyl titles was the ridiculous prices of $15 or $20 for a disc of a 1960s or 1970s album. If it'll cost me $10 or less per album, I'll finally go all digital. Otherwise, I'll live with what I have. I refuse to spend all that much more money. You can check your area if there's a used music store. Where I live, we have The Beat Records , which I used to go in the 90s. Now I just strictly download  .
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TSI Gabe
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Chatham, ON | Nice
This makes the service worth paying for finally. |
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