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Topic: Price as a Signal |
Bobby Lee
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Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 18 Nov 2005 10:42 am |
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Joel on Software writes:
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Forbes: “EMI Group boss Alain Levy said at press conference today that he believed Jobs would introduce multiple price points for iTunes music within the next year.”
The story they're trying to tell you is that “older, less popular songs could be discounted, and in-demand singles could go for more than a dollar.”
Read the whole story here.
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Mark van Allen
From:
Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 18 Nov 2005 11:15 am
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Jimmie Rivers... $.039
Merle Haggard... $.039
Speedy West..... $.039
Britney Spears...$2.99
Works for me... |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 18 Nov 2005 12:14 pm
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Duh, let's see?
$1.00 for a Bent Darkly song, or 29 cents for something by Johnny Bush?
There's a no-brainer for ya!
Somewhere, there's a lesson in all this. I've complained endlessly about big artist's CD's being too pricey. I gladly pay Bobby $15 for a CD (which was produced by an amateur artist in a very small quantity), but I just can't see paying that same amount for a CD that's mechanically duplicated in the hundreds of thousands, or even millions. Big quantity in any other retail product lowers the price...but not so in the music world, it seems. Then (as people are gullible), they come along and offer us individual tracks at 99 cents each! Duh??? So, if you want 12-14 songs, they're making even more money because now there's not even a physical product involved...they just load them on a server and collect money with each download!
What a sweet racket!  And they don't even have to go out and look for talent. The dummies are tripping over themselves to get into a studio that will return a tiny percentage of the real value of their talents. Yes, they go and sell their soul to a big conglomerate that, more often than not, gives them just a tiny fraction of what the product really earns.
Capitalism, in our big world today, has become just trying to squeeze as much money as you can out of everyone else, and then giving as little in return as you can get away with.
Isn't that about it? 
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Terry Edwards
From:
Florida... livin' on spongecake...
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Posted 18 Nov 2005 1:09 pm
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I buy songs for .99 from I-Tunes occasionally because on most CDs there are only 1 or 2 songs I really want. Prior to that I had to buy the whole CD. In the long run I'm saving money.
Terry |
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Paul Graupp
From:
Macon Ga USA
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Posted 21 Nov 2005 1:26 pm
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Donny Hinson: As usual, I am in complete agreement with you. Good to see your name again !!
Regards, Paul |
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Rick Garrett
From:
Tyler, Texas
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Posted 21 Nov 2005 1:53 pm
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Donny you nailed it! Good job man.
Paul its great to see your name again. Missed you around here. 
Rick |
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 21 Nov 2005 1:58 pm
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| Capitalism, in our big world today, has become just trying to squeeze as much money as you can out of everyone else, and then giving as little in return as you can get away with. |
Not "has become", but, Has always been...
If you are looking for altruism, don't look at the entertainment industry.
A significant event took place in the late 1990's, when the portion of U. S. Gross National Product attributable to manufacturing fell below 50%. We are now a "rent taking" economy. Think of it, how much people are paying for entertainement via subscription. Dish network, cable modems, movie "rentals". Whaddya have at the end of the deal? A receipt!
And now they want us to "rent" music.[This message was edited by Ray Minich on 21 November 2005 at 02:03 PM.] |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 30 Nov 2005 2:17 pm
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| If you are looking for altruism, don't look at the entertainment industry. |
We're in full agreement on that one, Ray! |
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