| **AA's are out of touch Even though the world has changed, and the cost of distribution has dropped to near zero, AND.. (this is what terrifies them), the public KNOWS the cost of distribution has dropped to almost zero, they go and pull a dumb*ss move like this.
Do you honestly think that anything is going to be .99 cents? Lets add in the 'customer specific pricing (ala amazon), where the price the customer pays is based on their purchasing habits. You buy the first song for, say, .89 cents, but then the rest of the songs on the album suddenly jump to 1.19 for you. Don't put it past them.
Finally, (and the movie industry needs to learn this too), the customer determines what value a product has, not the manufacturer. If a customer thinks the value of the song is only .15 cents, then the customer will work to get the song for that price. If it's not available at .15 cents, then they will use alternate means (P2P, etc), to get it at their price point. They won't magically start paying 1.99 for a song just because you, the moron executive, think the song is worth 1.99.
And noone will have any moral problems with it! I can't wait to see all the **AA mouthpieces here come out to defend the pricing scheme as 'fair', and how the record industry 'deserves' to charge whatever they want. The reality, is they can TRY to charge whatever they want, but moves like this show how truly greedy they really are. My big question is why the prices haven't FALLEN as the number of songs and distribution methods become more effective? Hmm.. could it be... greed?
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