Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

99 cents is too cheap, majors want up to $2.99 per song to download

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread		 This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (Through 2005) Donate to DU
 
Florida_Geek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 06:38 PM
Original message
99 cents is too cheap, majors want up to $2.99 per song to download
Labels seek end to 99c music per song download
By Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco
Published Friday 9th April 2004 02:32 GMT

Remember how online music stores were going to route around the music industry? The pigopolists have barely got their feet under the table and already demanding more. The Wall Street Journal reports that the major five labels think that 99 cents per song is too cheap, and are discussing a price hike that would increase the tariff to $1.25 up to $2.99 per song.


more http://www.theregister.com/2004/04/09/pigopolist_price_hike/
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
Hotdiggitydog Donating Member (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 06:40 PM
Response to Original message
1. Listen to Grateful Dead instead...
Plenty of fantastic music available for download.... FOR FREE!
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
boobooday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 06:44 PM
Response to Original message
2. Always cutting off their noses to spite their faces
Or however you say it!

Bunch of idiots. Everyone started downloading because they are charging eighteen dollars for a CD that costs them 3.

http://www.wgoeshome.com
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Madrone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 06:50 PM
Response to Original message
3. Jesus - I already won't pay for downloaded songs because
Edited on Sun Apr-11-04 06:51 PM by PROUD DemocRAT
I believe .99 is TOO MUCH! Way, WAY too much.

.05 per song would be more like it, and that's a high estimate in my opinion.

They don't have media costs, they don't have to pay for the case or for the liner notes to be printed. They don't have to pay for transportation to get to the marketplace, etc.

Those crazy RIAA folks - guess they won't be happy until they're out of business.

edited to add: they won't be happy until they're out of business, and will blame it all on filesharing. Fools - the lot of them.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 06:54 PM
Response to Original message
4. They were lucky people were even paying 99 cents.
I wouldn't pay a penny for a download. I download CDs and if they good I go buy em. That's what .mp3 is for.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
ButterflyBlood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 06:56 PM
Response to Reply #4
5. same with me
I'm a vinyl collector, so I'll always buy music even if I could get it all downloaded instantly. I still buy CDs sometimes though, and partially because of mp3s. Of course this is mostly non-RIAA stuff.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
rockymountaindem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 07:01 PM
Response to Original message
6. A while back
Mac World magazine published this article called "125 ways to save the internet", and one of the ways was to lower the downloading price from 99 cents to 29 cents. They said the music industry would make up the losses in volume.

I agree, I don't usually download music because I'm not sure if it's stealing or not, and I don't feel right about it. However, I'd gladly pay $1 for 3 songs so I could make my own 70's groove CDs.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
bullimiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 07:07 PM
Response to Reply #6
9. i agree .99 is too much
ive thought they should be like .25 a song. the labels are so used to wallowing in the skimmed money they dont know any other way.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
ButterflyBlood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 07:02 PM
Response to Original message
7. I won't pay a penny for downloads
I can get them for free, and besides, I like having something tangible anyway. I'm a vinyl collector. If I buy a record and don't like it I could probably sell it on ebay for a fortune in 2 years anyway.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
drb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 07:05 PM
Response to Original message
8. $2.99 a song!?!? I've got the...
..."two word" answer for that!
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 07:11 PM
Response to Original message
10. Simple solution: Boycott all major labels.
Don't download music (even for free), don't buy CDs. Show them how an entire industry can be crippled. And let them know it's due to their own arrogance and greed.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Ladyhawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 07:18 PM
Response to Reply #10
11. But like someone above said: they'll blame it on file sharing.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 08:09 PM
Response to Reply #11
14. Probably.
That's why not downloading free music has to be part of the boycott.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Cronus Protagonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 07:30 PM
Response to Reply #10
13. Support Indie Artists - use alternative sources like this one
http://brainscream.com

:)
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
drumwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 08:42 PM
Response to Reply #13
19. Ditto. Or these ones.
Edited on Sun Apr-11-04 08:42 PM by drumwolf
Epitonic and Insound
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 07:28 PM
Response to Original message
12. I would do a buck per song, but not more than that
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Van Helsing Donating Member (376 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 08:12 PM
Response to Original message
15. The RIAA can shove it.
It'll be a cold day in Hell before I pay for my music. I'll never pay outrageous prices for a song. Instead, I'm gonna download my music for free.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Desertrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 08:16 PM
Response to Original message
16. I'd pay $1 gladly if the ARTIST would get it....
Edited on Sun Apr-11-04 08:16 PM by Desertrose
but as long as the "labels" get it...
screw em!

I like the indie labels better anyhow...

Peace
DR
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
walmartsucks Donating Member (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 08:30 PM
Response to Original message
17. Whatever
Most artists make their money from tour ticket sales & merchandise. Record companies keep the majority of the cash fom record sales except for really huge stars like Madonna, Prince, etc. They can take their $2.99 and go buy themselves a clue.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
drumwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 08:47 PM
Response to Reply #17
20. Welcome to DU, walmartsucks!
Personally, it's fine by me if the major labels want to strong-arm the prices of their artists' MP3 downloads upwards.

They'll only be speeding up the demise of the "traditional" music biz model, encouraging even more individual artists to start selling their music on their own web sites at their own prices, and effectively digging their own graves even faster than they already are.

And I mostly listen to indie-label artists anyway.

:evilgrin:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 08:35 PM
Response to Original message
18. Amen about the Dead!!! What I can't get from the Dead sites,
I get from friends when I house sit for them...I cull their CD collections.

F**k the RIAA and the record companies. I REFUSE to pay $3.00 per song! .99 is reasonable and is what a 45 cost back in the day. I am using MY bandwidth and MY Internet connection that I pay for..they can go f**k themselves.

I have 2300 songs on my iPod and many more of my own CDs yet to put on it. I don't think I'll need to buy any songs for quite some time.

Click here to go back to the main forums.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
GhengisKhan Donating Member (52 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 12:39 AM
Response to Original message
21. greedy music industry..never puts much back into society
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
TexasMexican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 01:04 AM
Response to Original message
22. I think I'll stick with paying $0.00 for my songs.
I <3 for Kazaa Lite.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat May 04th 2024, 06:07 AM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (Through 2005) Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC