inignoct wrote:
] ] No sooner has digital tunes really started to catch on,
] ] we hear that the $0.99-per-song -- or less, if you go to
] ] Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) -- price tag is being threatened.
] ] According to The Wall Street Journal, the recording
] ] industry has been trying to cook up ways to charge folks
] ] more for music. Even Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) iTunes and
] ] Roxio's (Nasdaq: ROXI) Napster services have been
] ] charging premiums for some of the big names and hot new
] ] releases, the article said.
]
] [ Yeah, awesome. Lets kill this whole music downloads thing
] before it even starts. -k]

No shit. I've said it too many times - the RIAA has the car in reverse on this one. A buck a download is TOO DAMN MUCH. Do the math - 18 random tracks will cost you $18. Disk space and bandwidth are cheap. They have no physical product to press, package, ship, distribute, ship again and stick on a retail rack. Lots of middle men cut out, yet do you think for one minute the increased profit margin is going to the ARTIST? The greedy music industry deserves to die and will. -LB