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[Ian Meyer <ianmeyer AT mac.com>]

I agree, but...


On Apr 8, 2004, at 1:53 PM, Michael Czeiszperger wrote:

> 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

$13.99 at the iTMS

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

Yes, Amazon is a lot cheaper, but you *do* get 24 songs for $13.99, so  
its still cheaper than buying per song. As long as the iTMS has been  
around, there have been large compilations/albums and multi-disc sets  
that have cost more then $9.99

>  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.
>
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> michael at czeiszperger dot org
> Chapel Hill, NC
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