appleinsider.com— A longtime opponent of subscription music services, Apple is reportedly exploring the possibility of charging extra for iPhones and iPods in exchange for unlimited iTunes Store access.
Mar 19, 2008View in Crawl 4
I would LOVE this. I am a music junkie who currently does everything possible to evade copy protection- AND I spend way more on CDs and downloads than average. I would pay $100 in a heartbeat.
The answer to how they will get paid is an unkown right now. The entire music industry is in a state of flux with the new prototype of the business model undetermined. The large music groups are going out of business. This is a certainty at least in the form they are in now. The logical progression is that artists will publish their music on their own, and use distribution services such as Itunes, myspace, etc. The answer may be as simple as how everyone else gets paid. You sell the rights to allow them to use your music for X dollars. If the songs sell well they will be able to make more on their next group of songs. This is pure speculation but if you use logic it is a strong possibility
matinkaMar 19, 2008
I would LOVE this. I am a music junkie who currently does everything possible to evade copy protection- AND I spend way more on CDs and downloads than average. I would pay $100 in a heartbeat.
Closed AccountMar 20, 2008
Shut up.
pnunnMar 20, 2008
I don't know about killing the iPod (heard that one before.) Would be funny though if, in the end, apple were the ones to release the "iPod killer."
bbaileysMar 26, 2008
The answer to how they will get paid is an unkown right now. The entire music industry is in a state of flux with the new prototype of the business model undetermined. The large music groups are going out of business. This is a certainty at least in the form they are in now. The logical progression is that artists will publish their music on their own, and use distribution services such as Itunes, myspace, etc. The answer may be as simple as how everyone else gets paid. You sell the rights to allow them to use your music for X dollars. If the songs sell well they will be able to make more on their next group of songs. This is pure speculation but if you use logic it is a strong possibility