Comments on: Steve Kicks Ass and Takes Names

By: Emailittome

Emailittome — Wed, 10 May 2006 22:02:59 +0000

Maybe $2 is too much, $1.25?

But offer more than just songs, Lyrics is a good start. And higher bit-rate or even raw WAV format.

By: Smittie

Smittie — Thu, 04 May 2006 01:58:39 +0000

Yeah, at $2 a track, I’ll click over to Amazon and buy the CD. At the end of the day, what we get from iTunes Music Store is NOT the CD. As soon as the price on iTunes Music Store gets close to what I’d pay for the CD on Amazon, I’ll buy the CD and rip it, sans DRM.

$2 a track? Bah.

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 04 May 2006 00:22:02 +0000

I would totally NOT buy for $2. But, I do see a bit more for lyrics, insert notes, etc. I guess my ears are defective– the current bit rate is more than adequate.

$ .99 is the current benchmark. Things will go up. There is a reason the labels agreed so quickly– mark my words: more content (lyrics, etc), more cost.

By: Emailittome

Emailittome — Wed, 03 May 2006 21:29:19 +0000

I wouldn’t mind paying $2 per song if the songs were higher bit-rate.

Not because I am going to sell the stuff; just in case I want to burn it as CD, I rather have higher quality source.

By: Matt Hoult

Matt Hoult — Tue, 02 May 2006 17:06:15 +0000

Between the post and what Smittie pointed out I couldn’t agree more. The greed is intolerable and 99Â¢ is definitely the upper limit if not too high anyway.

By: Smittie

Smittie — Tue, 02 May 2006 16:28:03 +0000

I’ll point out that in many cases the older ‘crap’ does sell for less than 99 cents a song if you buy the album. I’m an oldies fan. No, I mean really old oldies. Bing Crosby, Andrews Sisters, Frank Sinatra, like that. I also like a lot of eclectic stuff. Bagpipes, bluegrass, surf guitar. Many of these albums have as many as twenty songs but still sell for only $9.99. Which makes me pretty happy.

Having said that, I agree with you here, the record industry and the movie industry compete in defining and redefining greed.

Aloha