Well, we'll get a perfect example of what will happen when things are done EXACTLY how the record companies want it. My personal predictions?
1) MAYBE $0.98 singles for REO Speedwagon and STYX, but if you want the latest Lindsey Lohan toilet scrapings it'll be $4.99 for the single. But you won't care because MTV told you to buy it.
2) Perhaps URGE will run as root, constantly seeking out copyright violations. Don't think of it as a security nightmare, think of it as guaranteed job security. Hey, if things run TOO smoothly we all know what happens to the techie.....Besides, MTV runs as root in most teenie-boppers' brains, why shouldn't it have the same authority in their computers? System resources? that's flabber-gabber! (to quote travelocity)
3) Maybe you'll be able to buy a subscription AND your music! That way, you'll get all the joys of music ownership along with the sense of belonging to something bigger than yourself! Except once you disassociate yourself from that something perhaps your music won't play anymore.....If you're really nice they'll probably let you pay per play as well! They do it with radio why not here??? Oh wait....except its backwards.....
All told, it'll be interesting to see how many broke teenagers with a habit p2p networks can't satisfy will give up their valuable addiction money (Notice that no drug dealers have a "subscription based" plan...maybe they know something Napster doesn't...
) in order to legitimately digest MTV's regurgitations.
Anybody have anything to add to the list?
