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- desacrator48, on 01/03/2008, -8/+188Digg whatever will forever eliminate $18 list price CD's.
- GetUthunized, on 01/03/2008, -28/+179What's to stop Apple from just morphing into another stupid record label? It's not like they have the best record when it comes to not screwing their costumers over...
- PistolSO, on 01/03/2008, -22/+143I have a feeling there will be another Apple vs. Apple lawsuit in the works. But this is a good sign. Hopefully this new Apple label tells the RIAA to go die in fire
- tapeman11, on 01/03/2008, -2/+98ahem... "I'm not a business man, I'm a BUSINESS, MAN! Let me handle my business, damn."
- wonderchemist, on 01/03/2008, -2/+98The last settlement between Apple, Inc. and Apple, Corps, gave Apple, Inc. all rights to "Apple". Apple Corp. now licenses the right to use "Apple" from Apple, Inc.
- harvinator24, on 01/03/2008, -6/+96If Apple owns their own label, wouldn't the other labels be less likely to deal with them, next time their itunes contracts come up?
- inactive, on 01/03/2008, -3/+68Why is there a picture of Bill Gates - or, as we call him in the rap business, Skinny G - with this article? Does not compute.
- unloud, on 01/03/2008, -6/+68THE LAST SETTLEMENT BETWEEN APPLE, INC. AND APPLE, CORPS, GAVE APPLE, INC. ALL RIGHTS TO "APPLE". APPLE CORP. NOW LICENSES THE RIGHT TO USE "APPLE" FROM APPLE, INC.
- Ryanz42, on 01/03/2008, -3/+64He came out of his short "retirement" from making cd's a couple years ago and has already released two cd's. However he never stopped being behind the scenes of the music industry.
- Xerces, on 01/03/2008, -36/+97Didn't Jay-z retire? Why is he still "making music"
- NightOwl4, on 01/03/2008, -19/+79hes not a business man...hes the business..man!
- mdavis, on 01/03/2008, -8/+63My Mac's got 99 problems, but a bitch ain't one.
- LucasKane, on 01/03/2008, -8/+60I think Apple's gone mad with profits
- fkr3, on 01/03/2008, -4/+41You can be certain their record label won't be some charity designed to "reinvent" music by just giving it away. Apple's in it for the money and they're no stranger to protecting their property.
- r00tus3r, on 01/03/2008, -3/+35"***** this rap game, I need a new hustle. A bit of everything, the new improved Russel"
Jay is the richest man in hiphop, and I predict that he will be a billionaire shortly. - inactive, on 01/03/2008, -5/+35Please try to keep up.
- unloud, on 01/03/2008, -6/+34There are DRM free music files on iTunes.
- natewitt, on 01/03/2008, -4/+31Overhypers synergizing.
- yunus, on 01/03/2008, -2/+28Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
- David513, on 01/03/2008, -1/+25No, we need more labels. The more the market is consolidated in the hands of a few legacy players, the more the policies we hate will continue. It's only by having additional labels (ones that are willing to market artists in innovative ways) that the power of the old ones will be broken.
- swimmingbird67, on 01/03/2008, -12/+32i'm sure they won't be nearly as bad as the riaa
- inactive, on 01/03/2008, -3/+22And this kills the industry how?
- Stupidumb, on 01/03/2008, -3/+21I hate you for 21 reasons
- Angostura, on 01/03/2008, -1/+19Yes, it went that far. Apple Computer, as was is free to do whatever it it likes.
- helloplease, on 01/03/2008, -2/+19No.
- ladon86, on 01/03/2008, -1/+18Actually, the labels already want out, but they can't afford to lose all that income. That's why all the majors are banking on the Amazon store to open the market up.
- oneshot2g, on 01/03/2008, -2/+19Puff Daddy changes his name to iDiddy, in related news Curtis Jackson and Bill Gates have revealed a new plan to compete against the Apple-Hova partnership. All downloads from the G Unit label will cost 50 cent.
- Stupidumb, on 01/03/2008, -7/+22I agree with your stance.
- SouthsideIrish, on 01/03/2008, -0/+15Apple Inc, formerly known as Apple Computer.
- eems, on 01/03/2008, -5/+20Jay-Z is an intelligent, respected, influential, & successful entrepreneur whether you like his music or not (i.e. he doesn't need to be with any label). This is very interesting since he now has unprecedented access to iTunes as an artist or whatever label.
- Chirp08, on 01/03/2008, -2/+16when weren't they shiny?
- androo002345, on 01/03/2008, -1/+14"I don't think anyone will remember any rap music 20 years from now. It'll go down as another phase in music history..."
That's what they were saying about rap music 20 years ago. Get a clue. - unloud, on 01/03/2008, -0/+13I imagine Apple's draw will be larger royalties for artists and the artists retain control over their content.
- Recuso, on 01/03/2008, -1/+13Yeah, because fat kids eat tons of apples.
- sdellboy, on 01/03/2008, -7/+19Is he going to do a Puff Daddy and change his name to iJay-Z now?
- JibberGeorge, on 01/03/2008, -2/+13Dear M. Davis,
I came to this thread in hopes that I would find a hilarious Jay-Z quote with a geek spin to it to brighten my day.
Thank you. - roosterjm2k2, on 01/03/2008, -1/+12Hes also probably one of the most well spoken, educated people in hiphop. (no, im not being a dick, im serious)
I've seen him talk at a conference before, i was actually bewildered...its no accident hes as successful as he his. - Jookly, on 01/03/2008, -4/+15I would be ashamed to be you.
- SRSco, on 01/03/2008, -0/+10The submitter cut off Gizmodo's title which was The OLD Music Industry is Dead. Completely changes the story.
- Zippo, on 01/03/2008, -0/+10Competition is good for the market.
- drcreek, on 01/03/2008, -2/+12Don't Starbucks have a music label? Apple and Starbucks are quite friendly at the moment. Could this be related?
- fkr3, on 01/03/2008, -0/+9You're dreaming. 99c is already a low price, iPods don't need any help selling and more importantly, by lowering the price Apple would be devaluing their own merchandise and cutting into their own profit margin for absolutely no reason.
They don't owe you any favours and they don't subscribe to the "everything should be free" theory that's popular on digg.
I'll be interested to see how they plan to protect the music their label produces. Jobs has claimed not to like DRM but that was before it actually affected his bottom line. - navster15, on 01/03/2008, -0/+9Of course they have. Have you tried going mad without profits? No one listens to you...
- nicheplayer, on 01/03/2008, -9/+18"What's to stop Apple from just morphing into another stupid record label?"
Uh, intelligence? Why take over an industry and then behave just like the industry you've taken over? Jobs isn't an idiot. In case you're just tuning in to this whole subject, Jobs has been waiting to take over the music industry since iTunes was launched. - inactive, on 01/03/2008, -2/+10Instead of posting this you could have spend a few minutes looking into it.
- Bokista, on 01/03/2008, -0/+8He released both Kingdom Come and American Gangster in the last two years.
- octophobic, on 01/03/2008, -0/+7For one thing they can afford to focus on marketing their specific bands and not their download service. Having another company pay all of their own advertising costs AND send you money is a good thing. Also Apple and Amazon feature much larger collections of music than any single label and that's a big draw for consumers. I would rather pay at one or two locations than 10 or 20 label sites.
- dwninjungleland, on 01/03/2008, -1/+8Wow... if that's true, that could be huge. I had thought that the whole 99-cent track thing was leading to the downfall of artists packaging songs in albums and focusing on singles, but this could change a lot about itunes and its effect on the music industry.
- moosebaloney, on 01/03/2008, -3/+10I believe it should be "FEWER" labels. It's a multiple, not a measurable amount. Dimwad.
- TheIinLive, on 01/03/2008, -2/+9short answer: yes. he's considered to be the best of the hip-hop world. If you don't like that type of music, fine. But to say something like that just goes to show how limited your knowledge is on the music world.
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