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By: As Worthless As You Want It To Be-free music to download to mp3

As Worthless As You Want It To Be-free music to download to mp3 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:03:47 +0000

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By: webomatica

webomatica — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:17:35 +0000

Yeah I think looking at what the more forward-looking musicians have done can give some monetization ideas for other content creators.

And shopping locally – I partly feel shopping through iTunes sends the message to the content rights holders that downloads can be a viable form of distribution.

By: tigerlil

tigerlil — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:02:30 +0000

I like the Radiohead model better than the ITunes model. I don't yet understand how much artists get back from Itunes (if it's enough well then ok)…but Radiohead did pretty damn well selling their album at customer's own choice of prices. I know they're radiohead, but people are pretty loyal to their musicians when given the chance.

i like what you wrote. It's like shopping locally instead of going to Costco.

Itunes has definitely benefited from the recent shutdown of P2P movie streaming/download sites–it was getting so horrible trying to watch a film (in six parts) that I finally just paid for the overnight rental from ITunes.

By: webomatica

webomatica — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:23:18 +0000

Thanks Mark (nice post on your end, too). I know it may be naive that people “unlearn” the free for all that was Napster, but iTunes (and the Amazon music store) give me hope that a viable medium can be found.

By: Mark Evans

Mark Evans — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:39:28 +0000

You make some excellent points. I'm feeling the same way, although we're clearly still in the minority. I am wiling to pay for the convenience of buying a CD online as long as it's high-quality and fairly priced. Even more so for movies, which can be so challenging to get via P2P that paying for them is a great “investment”.

Mark