Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/

[Michael Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org>]

http://www.nj.com/newsflash/business/index.ssf?/cgi-free/ 
getstory_ssf.cgi?f0037_BC_WSJ--DownloadingMusic

This is ridiculous. After iTune's price of 99 cents a download or $9.99  
an album proves to be a popular price point, with even cheaper services  
on the horizon, the record industry wants to change the deal so that  
downloads for all new releases are more expensive than just buying the  
CD!

 Fly or Die, N.E.R.D.

 iTunes $16.99
 Amazon.com $13.49

 Self Portrait, Bob Dylan
 iTunes $13.99
 Amazon.com $10.99

 Feels Like Home, Norah Jones
 Napster $13.99
 Retail(1) $12.58

I'm a big iTunes fan, and have been buying way more music than I would  
have before. I'll be reading through a magazine, hear a mention of an  
artist, and go download the CD if it sounds good.  In the past the idea  
of having to pay for shipping when just buying a single CD prevented me  
from buying single CDs at a time, and waiting until there was two or  
more CDs on the list to buy just meant the impulse to buy was over.

__________________________________________________________________
michael at czeiszperger dot org
Chapel Hill, NC