Comments on: Greed Redefined, 2005

By: haunted_i

haunted_i — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 14:11:30 +0000

Honestly, how much more money do the labels need? For how long now, and probably for another decade, they push $17+ for CDs that cost 17 cents to produce, and what’s promoted the most I always feel is the worst.

This seems like even more than greed and an old business model. If individual-track stores like iTMS get more popular, anyone can easily see what’s popular. This will end whatever dark forces dictate what the labels TELL US is popular. Honestly, do you think for one second any artist in the “Top 40″ is selling in the top 40?…

By: david

david — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:46:15 +0000

I’m willing to bet that when the meteors were falling… one dinosaur looked up and said to his fellows ‘don’t worry.. it’s just a fad.’

By: Ruth O'Hare

Ruth O'Hare — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 18:23:12 +0000

Madness! I don’t even HAVE music on my iPod Shuffle, it’s all PodCasts. What about the libraries that lend out iPods with audio books on? What am I talking about, it’s an insane idea to begin with!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 00:44:26 +0000

You get ‘em, Dave (except for the part about pirating music)! This is indeed insane, and I equate it to cell phone carriers wanting a piece of iTunes music purchased over their networks. It’s Corporate Greed Gone Wild (videos on sale Soonâ„¢).

Bookman at iPodObserver commented that Bronfman is right, there should be variable pricing. Some songs should be 99 cents, and some songs should be less (he said it more succinctly).

Bryan
Editor
TMO/iPO

By: Dad

Dad — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 00:26:27 +0000

You know where I stand on this. A thousand downloads from Napster and Kazaa, and I still haven’t recouped the money I had to give the RIAA for songs I didn’t want on all of the albums I bought over the years.

GIVE ‘EM HELL!!!!!