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- drathian, on 10/18/2007, -37/+164Dugg for mentioning the piratebay.
- DagMX, on 10/18/2007, -11/+126Man, that whole piratebay being $0 is total crap. It just shows how greedy the lot of you are. Everyone keeps saying how if music wasn't DRD's, they''d buy it. Really? When apple removed DRM everyone complained that the price of no DRM was still overpriced an that piracy is the only way. Now apple lowers the price and you guys still resort to piracy?
Bunch of lying bastards the lot of you. Its not like I dont dowload music myself, but atleast I'm not saying I'd d something if a condition was met and then not do it even when the conditions have been satisfied.
and the guilty among you will bury me because you want to rationalise your behaviour. - BryanJK, on 10/18/2007, -14/+88Next Step: Make iTunes run faster >:(
- sophiaperennis, on 10/18/2007, -1/+65This is likely an answer to direct competitor Amazon.com.
- cajie, on 10/18/2007, -7/+54Amazon is selling most tracks for $89 cents; and the songs are encoded at 320kbps.
So yes, it's because of the competion and not because Apple is feeling generous. - kalleanka, on 10/18/2007, -9/+49Don't thank Apple, rather you should thank Amazon.
If it wasn't for Amazon, this would not have happened now. - bandomac, on 10/18/2007, -9/+39should HAVE
- inactive, on 10/18/2007, -6/+32thats because you touch yourself at night.
- dbr_onix, on 10/18/2007, -2/+21And if it wasn't for cassette tapes, MP3's would have been so popular, so the iTunes Music Store wouldn't have been created, and if it wasn't for vinyl [....]
- Gr8Pumpkin, on 10/17/2007, -2/+18I like where this is going. The old way of doing music business is crumbling and the new way, well is just trying to find it's way. Even if you are not an iTunes supporter you should at least support where this is going. I just recently purchased the new album from a local band called the Octopus Project from iTunes. I was surprised to see it. In fact there was a special release through iTunes that let me get it before it hit the stores.
- kodybryson, on 10/17/2007, -0/+15I think "FTW" has run its course.
- LemmingJesus, on 10/17/2007, -6/+20Wait, did you just make the argument that piracy makes music cheaper, and less DRM is used? You really think that if everyone bought it instead, the cost would go up and protection would increase? I love getting things for free, but I don't pretend I'm not hurting the industry.
- rainbowjinjo, on 10/18/2007, -2/+16Then how would anyone on digg see the new prices?
- skinfitz, on 10/18/2007, -7/+20Well said.
- adroit, on 10/18/2007, -8/+21It should of been this way all along. I will not get that excited until i see most of the iTunes Store go DRM-free.
I guess this is a start. - Izacus, on 10/17/2007, -5/+18Next step: allow access to iTunes Store for whole EU at same prices. Apple, we WANT to give you money, you just don't let us.
- ThinkBox, on 10/17/2007, -2/+12I think their real next big step will be HD... my guess.. this will not increase the speed of iTunes.... or decrease the file size.
If I had great photoshop skills, here is where I would insert a (woot.com style) picture of a dedicated iTunes computer, or some sort of iTunes 3.5 hard drive that is delivered to your door by a man in a rickshaw (rickshaw just because people on woot do that crazy crap) - yensed, on 10/17/2007, -2/+12Still showing up as $1.29 for me.
- DigitalBrian, on 10/18/2007, -5/+15Yeah but the pirate bay also comes with build in risk for being sued and have your life ruined, all because you are too cheap to pay 99cent for a song.
- mt066, on 10/18/2007, -2/+11People act like there are only 2 options: (1) I get the music legally, or (2) I get it illegally. They forget that there is a THIRD option: I will just do without it. You really think a bunch of music execs wouldn't listen to that kind of action?? If people really have a problem with this DRM and such, the best thing to do would be to organize some kind of boycott, or just don't buy music....but that would mean that people would have to actually go without their music and movies and that would just never happen.
- dema, on 10/17/2007, -2/+11Amazon sells only the _top 100_ tracks for 89 cents. So if you listen to crap, Amazon is the place for you.
- br0ken1128, on 10/18/2007, -1/+10Very correct, I made a rant about this when the initial amazon mp3 store article got dugg, people were complaining about amazon watermarking.. people will always have a reason to whine and justify piracy... until music is free, piracy will exist
- krnageskillz, on 10/17/2007, -0/+9Just wish Apple Australia would cut their DRM free music to $0.99 as well, we are expected to pay $2.19
- FoxOrian, on 10/17/2007, -0/+9The thought came to mind: "Early adopters of iTunes DRM free music uproar in price drop, want compensation."
- flipmoe, on 10/17/2007, -0/+8Do you actually know this for a fact or are you just speculating? I, in fact, have a friend who's on an indie label with a few albums on the iTunes Store. She and her band-mates all receive about $650 a month for the album sales-and they're not selling all that many albums.
That's not too shabby if you ask me. If you were to pirate their music, she and her band-mates would be receiving a check for $0.00 from PirateBay. - JuliusErving, on 10/17/2007, -2/+10Is it that hard to link to the actual story?!
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119256135983660860 ... - Udog, on 10/17/2007, -0/+8Amazon's mp3s are encoded at 256kbsp.
- alvinrod, on 10/17/2007, -0/+8I don't think they can due to needing seperate liscencing agreements in each country. If this is something you really want, you should contact the appropriate lawmakers and attempt to change the laws so that there's only one license for all EU countries.
- Aslan72, on 10/17/2007, -0/+8Waaa....I want my .29/song back....waaaa....Apple *owes* me. :)
- stacky, on 10/17/2007, -1/+8"$89 cents"? Do you work for Verizon?
- nickelking, on 10/17/2007, -2/+9Maybe you should check the link before commenting on it hmm?
- stacky, on 10/25/2007, -1/+8Thank Thomas Edison for the Phonograph.
(I really hope Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, otherwise I'll look like an idiot) - MechaZain, on 10/17/2007, -20/+27My respect for Apple just shot up a few points.
- Kamill85, on 10/17/2007, -1/+8Sorry, but each day of your life should be a lesson.
- Poco, on 10/17/2007, -4/+11There is nothing ignorant about it. It is true.
Just because it is copyright infringement doesn't mean people don't do it. I also sometimes drive over the speed limit. They have to acknowledge that they are competing with a free service even if it is not entirely legal. $0.99 is still $0.99 more than $0 and that is relevant.
Now $0.10 per song and I would be impressed. - inactive, on 10/17/2007, -0/+7as a musician i am totally against piracy (go ahead digg me down i won't even notice) but the recording companies are digging their own graves ~ music is not a hard sell it would be hard to find people who did not love music of some genre ~ the recording companies are redundant ~ they are trying to retain their exploitative control ~ the handwriting is not only on the wall it is buzzing in their heads ~ sony bmg universal warner etc. you are history ~ works for me if it does not work for you it is because greed has become a habit you can't seem to break ~
- skinfitz, on 10/18/2007, -1/+8Small independent bands and labels suffer from illegal downloading. If you want to support a band, buy their music. If bands and labels cannot support themselves, they stop making music. Everyone loses.
- oslointhesummer, on 10/17/2007, -0/+6Recently?
- nonymous666, on 10/17/2007, -0/+6It says Apple has announced PLANS to cut the price. It doesn't say "effective immediately".
- LilJimmyNordin, on 10/17/2007, -1/+7That there is some powerful fail.
- Poco, on 10/17/2007, -2/+7If you want allofmp3.com (which, btw, didn't give anything back to the artists) type pricing then you have to remind the industry of the $0.00 price of torrents. If it wasn't for that competition, no one would be complaining about $0.99 per song. The only way to get music prices reasonable is to constantly remind the industry that unless the prices are reasonable, people will keep downloading music for free.
At $0.99 per song it will cost you $39,600.00 to fill your 160GB iPod (according to Apple's quoted number of "40,000" songs). Does anyone really expect people to pay $39,600.00 for music on their iPod?
I wonder how long before Apple is sued by the MPAA for promoting music pirating. Clearly they should have predicted that no one was going to purchase 40,000 songs to fill their iPod and that at least one, but closer to 35000, of those songs was going to be pirated. - dickrichie, on 10/17/2007, -0/+4I dont agree. Its not dirt cheap. Imagine the amount of server space needed to support that amount of data. The bandwidth to keep that store open and running. I dont know if youve ever downloaded a song or video from itunes but it takes about 5 second for song to load and you can usually watch a movie as it downloads if you give it a few minutes before you start. Apple has repeatedly said it makes next to nothing on the store itself. I think the prices are fair too. They are still less than the price of a CD and I dont believe that I have to be able to hold something "Tangible" to enjoy the music or video that I desire. Thats actually a wasteful and antiquated idea. Look at the dispute going on between Universal and Apple. If you are looking for a villain in this scenario I would say its the entertainment giants. They arent satisfied with apples narrow margin of less then 2 cents profit on a song. I digress though, There is no argument in saying that having a large collection will cost a lot of money. You are right but that doesnt make it unfair. Before iTunes or downlaoding people did used to collect music. Those tangibles you mentioned earlier... well they used to run about sixteen dollars for a LP. When you break it down they were paying almost 1.60 per song. you are right though, they did get to hold something in their hands. To bad much like a CD, DVD or Cassette, When your holding an album you cant enjoy it. I think Ill stick with my downloads. They sound great they cost less and I no longer need to worry about where Im gonna store them or if Im going to scratch them while out and about.
- HerrEisenheim, on 10/17/2007, -1/+5HD is likely still a ways off. I can't see Apple offering HD downloads that wouldn't work with any of their iPods. Even the iPhone is still limited to only 1200 macroblocks, and a fairly limited H.264 profile (not even CABAC capable without choppy playback). We are going to have to wait until we have iPods with playback capability that matches the AppleTV.
What they should do is drop this 640x360 @ 1500Kbps ***** that they call "near-DVD" quality, and actually give us something like 720x400 @ 2500Kbps that would *actually* be near-DVD quality. - leonbev, on 10/18/2007, -0/+4PirateBay is "free" until an RIAA lawyer sends you a letter and makes you pay a $5,000 settlement. Be careful out there!
- lobasuu, on 10/17/2007, -0/+4Best retort ever?
Oh and I am preparing for some massive burying... - jisatsusha, on 10/17/2007, -1/+5Have they changed the price on the UK store? That'd be a real indicator of whether or not it was because of Amazon's (US-only) music store.
- tecbox, on 10/18/2007, -1/+5ABSOLUTELY agree with you mt066 !!! Big DIGGS to ya!!
Of course if people don't buy the music then how are those cheesy ass rap artist going to buy their multi-million dollar Cribs, Lambos and Ferraris ??? - sholt, on 10/18/2007, -1/+4Well, if you bought the whole album, it's at the same price.
iTunes Plus didn't affect album prices. - zeptobyte, on 10/17/2007, -0/+3I don't think you're allowed to make a joke in the comments that was in the article description to start with.
- colincornaby, on 10/17/2007, -3/+6It's not worth the time I have to spend combing BitTorrent and sitting in swarms. Easy, fast, and convenient FTW.
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