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Sony Hoping to Pull Music From iTunes Store If 'Music Unlimited' Service Succeeds
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How is this, in any way, a good business move? Like it or not, iTunes is the defacto market for downloaded music these days (although amazon is right up there as well). It'd be stupid to yank your music from a market with a massive user base and move it to your relatively tiny solution. Sony, people already pirate your music with impunity. Do you really want to make it any worse? Trash your 'Me Too' music service and concentrate on making your music more competitive in iTunes and Amazon. You may just save some money.
I think that Apple fans (I include myself in this demographic) are largely looking at this wrong. If competitors don't continue to press Apple then we won't see as many awesome improvements in their products (like DRM free music). Competition benefits us as consumers. Let's hope Sony brings it! 
Big talk from the company that constantly ties subpar products to its own proprietary formats, then acts surprised when buyers don't respond. Betamax, minidisc, memory sticks, ATRAC, UMD ... what will this one be? Just another stupid format only their players will work with, most likely. What could this company produce if they didn't waste money and resources on things like this?
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Peple will just go back to stealing Sony music. iTunes makes buying music convient and inexpensive. When it's both, most people don't mind doing the right thing.
When Sony brought out the CD they said the price would come down as they became more popular. I'm still waiting for that day...
No love for Sony here!
Peple will just go back to stealing Sony music. iTunes makes buying music convient and inexpensive. When it's both, most people don't mind doing the right thing.
When Sony brought out the CD they said the price would come down as they became more popular. I'm still waiting for that day...
No love for Sony here!
Here's the thing. I don't listen to a ton of new music , so I don't buy that much. But 99% of what I do buy is what's available in the iTunes store. If it's not there, I probably won't buy it on CD or look around at another music site. I'll just go without. The last CD I bought was for my wife, and the last one I bought for myself was back in 2009.
"Publishers are being held to ransom by Apple..."
Probably due to the fact that Apple managed to build a digital store that actually worked, and / or didn't make the CUSTOMERS feel like they were thief.
Really some executives are full of it. Coming from sony that made CDs ridden with spyware and that ended up not even playable.
When you look at the number Apple margin from the store are minimals.
Probably due to the fact that Apple managed to build a digital store that actually worked, and / or didn't make the CUSTOMERS feel like they were thief.
Really some executives are full of it. Coming from sony that made CDs ridden with spyware and that ended up not even playable.
When you look at the number Apple margin from the store are minimals.
This is basically a case of Sony wanting it all. They'll be creating their own search engine and trying to best Google next. I don't believe it should be entirely up to the record companies WHERE the music is available. The artistes and consumers deserve some input too.
Also, I far prefer the current iTunes store format over the idea of a streaming service because then I'm paying for what I want, when I can afford it, and nothing more. I can't be affording a sub service at the moment. Not to mention it causes you to be WAY too reliant on the internet. If your connection goes, you've lost your music collection. The iTunes store is perfect as it is, Sony need to stick with gaming consoles and media formats as currently it seems to be what they do best.
Also, I far prefer the current iTunes store format over the idea of a streaming service because then I'm paying for what I want, when I can afford it, and nothing more. I can't be affording a sub service at the moment. Not to mention it causes you to be WAY too reliant on the internet. If your connection goes, you've lost your music collection. The iTunes store is perfect as it is, Sony need to stick with gaming consoles and media formats as currently it seems to be what they do best.
Sony make good mp3 players but their music label is known to be corrupt and untrustworthy. This would be a stupid move
DRM-free music on iTunes didn't happen because of pressure from the music industry. It happened because Jobs put pressure on the industry to get rid of the DRM - in exchange for variable pricing ($.69/$.99/$1.29). (I don't think I've ever paid anything but $.99 for a single song, however, so this hasn't affected me much.)I think that Apple fans (I include myself in this demographic) are largely looking at this wrong. If competitors don't continue to press Apple then we won't see as many awesome improvements in their products (like DRM free music). Competition benefits us as consumers. Let's hope Sony brings it!
I can predict that it won't succeed, but companies like Sony have to try and form an alternative.
That said, no one is better at shooting themselves in the foot than Sony.
That said, no one is better at shooting themselves in the foot than Sony.
That's a good way to get artists to not resign with Sony.
Sony should get out of music altogether except for those games on PS3. Guitar band, etc.
Sony should get out of music altogether except for those games on PS3. Guitar band, etc.
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What a joke. iTunes is essentially the music industry and them mother****** agreed to allow Apple to sell their crap on a per song basis. They could have said no but the didn't. And the thought of Apple supposedly holding anyone ransom is laughable. Apple doesn't control the intellectual property of the music industry and they never have.
And if Sony does pull their music from iTunes their sh** will get stolen even more than it does now.
What a joke. iTunes is essentially the music industry and them mother****** agreed to allow Apple to sell their crap on a per song basis. They could have said no but the didn't. And the thought of Apple supposedly holding anyone ransom is laughable. Apple doesn't control the intellectual property of the music industry and they never have.
And if Sony does pull their music from iTunes their sh** will get stolen even more than it does now.
If Sony does pull their music from iTunes they'll lose a lot more than Apple will. iTunes customers will either stop buying Sony music or they'll go back to obtaining it from sources where no money changes hands.
I do think Apple needs to back off a bit on their rules, however. I don't think they should be going after a 30% share of subscription revenue when the data never goes through their system. That's like Exxon having to pay GM 30% every time a Chevy owner fills his tank.
I do think Apple needs to back off a bit on their rules, however. I don't think they should be going after a 30% share of subscription revenue when the data never goes through their system. That's like Exxon having to pay GM 30% every time a Chevy owner fills his tank.
Actually, didn't NBC get their way? And that is why they came back?
So, that might be what Sony is after... threaten Apple and hope to be able to make demands that will make their deal with Apple better.
Oh God, almost forgot about that.
Does the word "rootkit" mean anything to you Mac users? *shudders*
Yeah, that'll work out well.
Remember when NBC wanted $4.99 per episode for their shows on iTunes and pulled all their content in favor of Hulu when Apple refused? Remember what happened? They came crawling back after not too long--without the price increase they wanted.
Remember when NBC wanted $4.99 per episode for their shows on iTunes and pulled all their content in favor of Hulu when Apple refused? Remember what happened? They came crawling back after not too long--without the price increase they wanted.
Sony, good luck with that. I hope Apple execs see this as a reason not to rest on their laurels.