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"Consumers don't want to be treated like criminals and artists don't want their valuable work stolen," said Mr. Jobs. The new service is integrated with Apple's iTunes software. Only Apple customers can use it, but that may change. The service requires a mouse click to buy songs and additional simple steps to move them to a CD or an iPod. Users will get to keep the songs permanently. |
The article adds that music bought through Apple's service will be protected so that it will be more difficult to use an iPod to transfer songs from one computer to another. Users also won't be able to e-mail copies of their purchases, or transfer them to the computers of friends.
Source: Yahoo!Finance
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[edited by bokkasrealm on 29.04.2003 21:19]
99c amounts to VERY little at all, you would have to be pretty miserly to call that expensive.
Well, it is nice to see that the service has been integrated into iTunes.
As for the songs being non-secured, I can see why they want to put even basic security on the song, but the price should not cause a problem.
As for 5c per movie unsecured DivX, err... no. These movies cost MILLIONS to make, I am quite happy to pay £10 (about 15 dollars) for a movie, especially with all the bonus features that are now available for free. However, given the poor DivX quality (relative to a DVD I mean), maybe £7 would be a better bet. Remember, the distributing company also have to pay a lot for the bandwidth they use to deliver the media.
Sometimes I just think that some CDFreaks' members are utterly clueless about the shear effort involved in bringing a song / movie / game to the stores. Regardless of whether the artist nicked the lyrics , music or if they are just a talentless boyband, it still takes hundreads of hours to get just one song out. Movies are far more challenging. The entertainment industry has to make a living after all [remember, if you refuse to pay $5 for a CD, it is not only the RIAA that get nothing, but the artist as well]
This is what the online stores need to look like, and now that one has gone this way, hopefully competition will kick in and hopefully you will see 25 cents, 50 cents a song. I am very happy they are moving this direction.
Re-rip an mp3? How much crappier should it sound?
By the way, a lot of albums are being made with Protools these days and dont cost anything to make at all.
I agree that movies cost a lot of money to make but this is largely to due with the actors. Mel Gibson demands 30 mill or higher plus a cut of the box office. I am completely happy with DVD prices but if someone's feeding me a divx movies, I better get it at a discount.
