NEWS: Music labels seek to increase 99 cent price tag on digital music

MUSIC: Music labels seek to increase 99 cent price tag on digital music

Many would say 99 cents is a steep price to pay for one song, especially when you start buying in mass quantities. Apparently the music labels feel the exact opposite...

Just when you thought the music industry had finally learned to be reasonable. Get the full story from The Register

You know, I would buy from iTunes all day if the songs were cheaper, like 50-75 cents a song.

hehehe that will just force people to be more resourceful in their file sharing. a fine acomplishment.

Speaking as a person who works in the music industry; the music industry is full of idiots and this is just the latest prime example.

agreed, I also work in the music industry, luckily for me and my kind, they all feel that file sharing should be free.

They think I'm paying more then .99 per song they can bite me. Most songs aren't worth that much.

Wow. They're lame.

Okay, so since COCK E.S.P. have upwards to 99 tracks on one of their cds does that mean it would cost 100 dollars?

(that Dale Earnhardt collectible plate better increase in value or I wont be hearing ANY new music.)

Oh Soulseek, how I love thee...

This is so fucking typical.

First people start stealing music (in large part) because the industry charges way too much for CDs, then the industry stops being stupidly stubborn and realizes it must adopt this new technology, then it goes and makes exactly the same fucking mistake again! Way to learn, jackballs!

[Edited on Apr 09, 2004 by ofthedead]

The music industry, by nature, will NEVER, EVER be reasonable. This comes as absolutely NO surprise to me. It's exactly what I've come to expect from those greedy pigfuckers.

Keep supporting P2P file-sharing, I say... and I'm a musician to boot.

Are they trying to force people to steal the music?!?!?! Someone needs to give the lable heads a class in Economics 101.

greed makes the world go 'round.