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iTunes Sells 1.5 Million Songs Last Week
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I guess BuyMusic.com is going to go belly up very soon.
I wonder what happens to the music that was downloaded. Will it still play, it would suck if it didn't play anymore.
I wonder what happens to the music that was downloaded. Will it still play, it would suck if it didn't play anymore.
I don't think the G5 and Panther were earth shattering (great things, but expected really). iTMS and iTunes for windows is a small jump into some new areas (though the iPod itself was more the real surprise).
Apple has many technology pieces that could make some amazing things. Even something as simple as a cheap, snazzy looking unit to connect iTunes (Mac or Windows) to your stereo (imagine other things Apple could get this device to do and it quickly gets expensive!).
Not many companies have music stores, streaming video server software, presentation software, video players, music hardware, plus their development with firewire and rendezvous, PDA background, and experience with wireless (not to mention the Mac or MacOS at ALL)
So the upside is what Apple might do with all it's got. But who knows if they will.
Amount apple and artists make from a song
Info about the iTunes music store:
http://www.downhillbattle.org/itunes/
Now you'll feel wrong when you download from iTunes too... so just use Kazaa, it's cheaper
Info about the iTunes music store:
http://www.downhillbattle.org/itunes/
Now you'll feel wrong when you download from iTunes too... so just use Kazaa, it's cheaper
Re: Amount apple and artists make from a song
I really hope this was a sarcastic statement.
Yes the site has valid points about artists getting very low percentages of the sales, but iTMS store is helping nonetheless and Kazaa definitely hurts the artists.
I really hope this was a sarcastic statement.
Yes the site has valid points about artists getting very low percentages of the sales, but iTMS store is helping nonetheless and Kazaa definitely hurts the artists.Re: Woo!!
Is this sarcasm?
Hmm, I think you are being too generous.
Expensive? relative to CDs purchased used, I agree (where the artist get a penny to "recoup" from this second sale is beyond me). The fact a user can substitute a CD or second-sale CD for iTMS purchase shows that the price at iTMS is dictated by market forces, which explains why sales were bad until Apple got the record industry relax DRM restrictions and came up with the pay per download model. Almost no songs from the Big 5 can be had cheaper than 99c and a few are more expensive (like in Europe).
AAC is lossy (true) but so are CDs because they are downsampled to 16-bit from the 24-bit masters.
You covered the logical fallacy of claiming to support the artist on on hand and advocating peer-sharing on the other.
Apple's cut has yet to turn a profit so I'd hardly consider it "a huge amount considering how little they have to do" especially since they've beaten even their own projections 3 times so far. Perhaps thing would be more relevant had Apple not put up so many small record labels on iTMS. The amount that goes to artists is a generic issue with the Big 5--guess this person wants Apple to walk around with blinders on.
Then it digressed into an attack on the 60's. I wasn't living then so I stopped reading at that point.
A real pity because it has a great link to the RIAA Radar which I use when purchasing music.
My guess is the person is a PC user who wants to justify their continued illegal use of Kazaa and got pissed when Jobs says it's bad karma (it probably is, I'm no master here) and is stealing (it isn't, it's copyright infringement or "piracy").
Nice agenda, poor execution.
Is this sarcasm?
Hmm, I think you are being too generous.
Expensive? relative to CDs purchased used, I agree (where the artist get a penny to "recoup" from this second sale is beyond me). The fact a user can substitute a CD or second-sale CD for iTMS purchase shows that the price at iTMS is dictated by market forces, which explains why sales were bad until Apple got the record industry relax DRM restrictions and came up with the pay per download model. Almost no songs from the Big 5 can be had cheaper than 99c and a few are more expensive (like in Europe).
AAC is lossy (true) but so are CDs because they are downsampled to 16-bit from the 24-bit masters.
You covered the logical fallacy of claiming to support the artist on on hand and advocating peer-sharing on the other.
Apple's cut has yet to turn a profit so I'd hardly consider it "a huge amount considering how little they have to do" especially since they've beaten even their own projections 3 times so far. Perhaps thing would be more relevant had Apple not put up so many small record labels on iTMS. The amount that goes to artists is a generic issue with the Big 5--guess this person wants Apple to walk around with blinders on.
Then it digressed into an attack on the 60's. I wasn't living then so I stopped reading at that point.
A real pity because it has a great link to the RIAA Radar which I use when purchasing music.
My guess is the person is a PC user who wants to justify their continued illegal use of Kazaa and got pissed when Jobs says it's bad karma (it probably is, I'm no master here) and is stealing (it isn't, it's copyright infringement or "piracy").
Nice agenda, poor execution.
I was talking to my doctor yesterday about iTunes, and mentioned Napster 2. He knew about iTunes the first day, and he's not a huge Apple fan, but had no idea about Napster 2. Frankly, they screwed up their launch. They had no advertising except me seeing two commercials a week after the launch, you know, the really stupid metal one where the kitty uses a can of spray paint to inhance a part of his body...
Yeah, great service...
Also for the guy who thinks iTMS isn't great, lets look at it this way...
The average CD has 10 songs on it. The artist dosn't get $5 or even $3 per CD, but through iTunes, they get $1.10 per CD. Less goes to production, more goes to promotion.
Yeah, great service...
Also for the guy who thinks iTMS isn't great, lets look at it this way...
The average CD has 10 songs on it. The artist dosn't get $5 or even $3 per CD, but through iTunes, they get $1.10 per CD. Less goes to production, more goes to promotion.
It's not Apple's fault that musicians get such a low cut. That is the fault of 1) the record labels, 2) the musician's manager, & 3) the musician signing the contract. Perhaps the have no choice in the matter. Perhaps in the greedy rush to one-hit-wonder-MTV-stardom, the artist doesn't really care.
Re: Re: Woo!!
At one point recently, steve jobs said that the store was generateing a small profit although he and apple had never expected it to since it was supposed to be a loss leader. I believe he either said it in the last analyst meeting or the CFO said it in the last quarterly conference call.
You people are missing the point!!!!
itms is all about selling ipods and getting people that uses winsuck to switch to the mac!! and so far it looks like is working for them, that is making uncle bill very nervous...
itms is all about selling ipods and getting people that uses winsuck to switch to the mac!! and so far it looks like is working for them, that is making uncle bill very nervous...
