forced price increase on Itunes

[gitreel]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/05/07/apple_itunes_price_rises/

Looks like the riaa, and it's offshoots have succeeded

[BobV]

I've never considered Itunes because I thought $.99 was too much and in the age of high tech shouldn’t the strategy be to appeal to as many people as possible? I’m no business major but I’d be willing to bet if they cut the price by 50% the sales would jump by more than 200%. Henry Ford proved that. Fools

[dvdashot]

If, in stores, they were to cut the prices on all the operas I would like to purchase by 50%, I would likely buy more than I can afford. But as it is now with the ridiculously high CD prices (especially on good classical) I have to REALLY want something to THINK about buying it.

[DeleriumMDK]

Higher prices...will help stop piracy? Smooth move, RIAA, very smooth. I think the only more insane move they could do is prosecute 12 and 13 year old kid...oh wait they did that too.

I'm all for legal downloads and supporting film makers and musicians that deserve it. I'm not for paying the same price I would for the CD for the album online when the files will be protected and I can't really do anything with them unless I pay for the ability to burn them to a CD also. Does the RIAA think this will make people buy more real CD's?

[TheFamilyMan]

If you don't need downloaded pop music, consider-

If your interested in classical music, try your public library. Where I live, the libraries have hundreds of classical CDs. It's great, you get to hear lots of different composers without the risk of wasting your money. Their pop selection is mostly non-existant (probably got ripped off.) Their jazz selection is also sufficient for my tastes. The only downside is that occasionally the disk is so badly damaged that it's useless. But the up side is the music's top rate playback quality, and that it's both free and legal (except if you bootleg it).

[kisrum]

Are we sure the RIAA isn't just providing political cover for Apple to raise their prices? I don't know what kind of royalty agreement most artists/labels have with ITunes or MusicMatch, etc.

Wonder if they'll go after WalMart next. Last I checked they were getting $0.88 for (USA only) wma downloads.

I can think of 40 or 50 songs that I may spend $0.99 to own. I can think of 25 or 30 songs I might spend $1.25 to own. I can think of about two CD's that I might spend $16.99 to own.

I need the remainder of my money for this little DV affliction.

[housepig]

yeah, here's a great idea - we have tons of people flocking to a cheap download service; let's raise our rates for no good reason!

[tgpo]

Steve Jobs responded saying that this was not true. Probably a rumor started by New Napster.

[gitreel]

thank you tgpo. I guess that is what I get for trusting the register.

[galactica]

as of right now all songs are still $0.99