on 11/2/04 7:53 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at
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> Sounds like what mp3.com was supposed to be but I don't think for a minute
> that will actually happen that way
>
> Apple and other communications companies are not altruistic entities - they
> are in it for the money
> what o
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this will change.
within the next 3 years you will see apple and other communications
companies becoming quasi-labels.
as major record companies lose their powerful role as manufacturers and
distributors - they will become marketing departments and that's all. the
days of record companies asking
>
> I would be very interested to hear any ideas to work around this problem.
I have an idea. Maybe instead of transmitting the data, they could store
it on some kind of disc. And then just sell that disc to the public...
;)
>
> Tosh
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Tosh Cooey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 10 February 2004 16:10
>
> I would be very interested to hear any ideas to work around
> this problem.
What I'd suggest is that the cost of downloading a track (one cent
per megabyte) is very much subject to varia
> It's also more risky. If you are downloading your 40 megabyte "Lossless"
song
> and halfway through the connection breaks, then it has to be downloaded
again,
> adding 20 cents to the cost. And we know that connections break often
enough
> for this to be a problem.
>
> I would be very interest
> sale. Suddenly that 99 cent song you just bought has a cost of 50 cents.
> Split
> that 50/50 with the artist and everyone makes 25 cents. As you can see nobody
> is going to get rich any time soon.
Read on fella...
http://www.downhillbattle.org/itunes/
> It's also more risky. If you are downloading your 40
> megabyte "Lossless" song
> and halfway through the connection breaks, then it has to be
> downloaded again,
> adding 20 cents to the cost. And we know that connections
> break often enough
> for this to be a problem.
Can't yo
