From the Still Not Getting It Department
There is a recent article at The Register which mentions that the five major record labels are quieting considering raising the digital download rate from 99 cents a song to upwards of $2.99. This just boggles my mind. Can they be so completely stupid? Do they think that we'll (the Internet youth at large, of course) stop downloading music because of the price will suddenly be "right"? A 10 track album will suddenly cost $30.00.
Which, of course, may be the point. If it is prohibitively expensive to buy online, you'll go back to the stores, thereby perpetuating the brick and mortar style of commerce. Which, more specifically, will drive more people to alternative methods of finding music. It just continues to amaze me that the major labels can't seem to figure out the problem isn't downloading, it's the exhorbitant pricing on sub-par material which is causing downloading to become more prevalent. Stop feeding us overpriced shit and maybe we'll come back to the table.
The Register also has an interesting article which purports to solve the entire problem of downloading music. And it will only cost you $6.00 a month.