View Full Version : Steve Jobs Wins Again!
Brandon Herbel
04/26/06, 07:14 AM
Steve Jobs has apparently won his long-running battle with the record industry over the 99 cent pricing of songs in the iTunes Music Store.
Source: Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/21/apples-itunes-pricing-to-stay-at-99-cents/)
tymsnurmn04
04/26/06, 07:17 AM
pwned!
PlaCracktheSky
04/26/06, 07:21 AM
so what does that mean
FeynmanWannabe
04/26/06, 07:24 AM
Awesome. Source?
rockett
04/26/06, 07:26 AM
Awesome. Source?
That's what I was thinking.
thewebguy
04/26/06, 07:29 AM
when asked what he told industry execs in order to keep prices down he replied, "i just said 'no'.."
marbury1414
04/26/06, 07:32 AM
Source? Story?
Brandon Herbel
04/26/06, 07:35 AM
Source? Story?
Sorry, I just fixed it now. If you check out the rest of the site you can find some pretty awesome stuff. They have a sneak peak of the new sidekick 3.
TJ Wells
04/26/06, 07:59 AM
so what does that mean
It means prices (on iTunes at least) will not get any higher than $.99.
Good for him! Really gained a lot of respect for this guy.
Brandon Herbel
04/26/06, 08:07 AM
It means prices (on iTunes at least) will not get any higher than $.99.
Good for him! Really gained a lot of respect for this guy.
I agree. I think its awesome that you can get one song here and there if you want to. The exclusive EP's and little things here and there they offer. Plus 9.99 for almost every album. pretty good fuggin deal.
BrandNizzle182
04/26/06, 08:10 AM
...and the price of limewire stays at 00 cents
hippieocracy
04/26/06, 08:22 AM
...and the price of limewire stays at 00 cents
true dat.
marchfaster
04/26/06, 08:23 AM
the price of limewire is hardly 0 when you consider how fucked up your computer gets off of viruses.
steve jobs is freakin' awesome.
When you combine OurTunes with the largest college network in the United States, the whole idea of spending money on music becomes a joke.
Trainsaw
04/26/06, 08:39 AM
nice.
brianthomas7
04/26/06, 08:50 AM
This is good for my apple stock.
axelblazer
04/26/06, 08:54 AM
That's awesome that the prices aren't getting any higher! now I just gotta find a way how to convert iTunes format music into mp3 format...any ideas out there?! :)
MrBaileySays
04/26/06, 08:57 AM
so what does that mean
It means Tom Cruise won't be coming over to your house and jumping on your couch anytime soon.
ForeverInADay
04/26/06, 09:01 AM
It means Tom Cruise won't be coming over to your house and jumping on your couch anytime soon.
I don't get it.
...and the price of limewire stays at 00 cents
People still use that?
PopPunkKid
04/26/06, 09:12 AM
the price of limewire is hardly 0 when you consider how fucked up your computer gets off of viruses.
I havent gotten any viruses from Limewire...
theredline
04/26/06, 09:43 AM
Good job Steve...
sweetfootaction
04/26/06, 09:49 AM
Steve Jobs is a god.
hollywoodending
04/26/06, 09:55 AM
forget limewire. I use SoulSeek.
The Coalition
04/26/06, 10:22 AM
...and the price of limewire stays at 00 cents
unless you get sued and/or prosecuted.
GoodbyeBlueSky
04/26/06, 10:30 AM
This just means that the bands we love are going to continue struggling and pushing for label support and money to live off. It's true that itunes is somewhat of a "light at the end of the tunnel" or whatever, but Steve Jobs is certainly not keeping prices @ 99 cents for the consumers! Haha--it just means that labels and bands won't be able to get any more money for the music they put out. And apple just gets richer, and richer, and richer.
littlecletus
04/26/06, 10:43 AM
steve j just went up a notch in my book....stick it to those greedy bastards!
littlecletus
04/26/06, 10:43 AM
This just means that the bands we love are going to continue struggling and pushing for label support and money to live off. It's true that itunes is somewhat of a "light at the end of the tunnel" or whatever, but Steve Jobs is certainly not keeping prices @ 99 cents for the consumers! Haha--it just means that labels and bands won't be able to get any more money for the music they put out. And apple just gets richer, and richer, and richer.
you are just plain wrong...
justanact
04/26/06, 10:59 AM
you are just plain wrong...
elaborate?
I mean it, I would love to see a detailed report of how this affects artists instead of how it affects the consumer. And I'd like to hear it from actual artists on labels that use itunes if possible. Because all I hear is "You're wrong" and "Steve Jobs rules!". And whenever I try to find any actual unbiased websites about the goddamned situation, I come up with nothing. It's always "itunes rules!" and "itunes sucks!".
I myself prefer not to participate in the digital onslaught, but I'd love to actually know how much it honestly affects the smaller artist besides the typical "exposure" argument. It seems like an extremely complicated slippery slope to me.
WarpSpeedChewy
04/26/06, 11:14 AM
Steve Jobs is a smart man. I have alot of respect for him before and this just futher cements that. He makes alot of good decisions.
MrBaileySays
04/26/06, 11:15 AM
I don't get it.
(that's because it makes no sense)
the price of limewire is hardly 0 when you consider how fucked up your computer gets off of viruses.
steve jobs is freakin' awesome.
not if you have a macB)
disfiguredid
04/26/06, 12:34 PM
This just means that the bands we love are going to continue struggling and pushing for label support and money to live off. It's true that itunes is somewhat of a "light at the end of the tunnel" or whatever, but Steve Jobs is certainly not keeping prices @ 99 cents for the consumers! Haha--it just means that labels and bands won't be able to get any more money for the music they put out. And apple just gets richer, and richer, and richer.
if you read the article, you would know that it isnt itunes that is making him richer from this deal.
what the article forgets to highlights is the negatives behind those other music stores that only charge an $8 subscription fee for unlimited downloads per month. most of them will only let you burn like 3 copies of that song/album. i love apple, and i've bought 2 computers from them in the past year. i've also purchased quite a bit from itunes, and i love it.
i dont think raising the prices of songs on itunes would benefit the artists anymore than it would benefit apple. the labels would suck up that money into their profits, and then if people stopped buying on itunes because of the higher price, the industry would blame it on college students downloading illegally. you know i'm right.
BrandNizzle182
04/26/06, 12:37 PM
unless you get sued and/or prosecuted.
does that happen to you often?
fire on my lips
04/26/06, 12:59 PM
This just means that the bands we love are going to continue struggling and pushing for label support and money to live off. It's true that itunes is somewhat of a "light at the end of the tunnel" or whatever, but Steve Jobs is certainly not keeping prices @ 99 cents for the consumers! Haha--it just means that labels and bands won't be able to get any more money for the music they put out. And apple just gets richer, and richer, and richer.
Smaller bands are on smaller labels. Since these smaller labels give out smaller advances, the bands are getting a bigger share of the money then they would if they were on a major.
The major labels are the ones who are pushing for a raise in prices. They want this raise in price so that they can show some profit and therefore have their stock go up. I really don't think that this would help most of the bands we love. It would probably impact newly signed rappers and the rebirth of pop singers and their advances. The money would go to what sells hundreds and hundreds of thousands of records.
fire on my lips
04/26/06, 01:03 PM
elaborate?
I mean it, I would love to see a detailed report of how this affects artists instead of how it affects the consumer. And I'd like to hear it from actual artists on labels that use itunes if possible. Because all I hear is "You're wrong" and "Steve Jobs rules!". And whenever I try to find any actual unbiased websites about the goddamned situation, I come up with nothing. It's always "itunes rules!" and "itunes sucks!".
I myself prefer not to participate in the digital onslaught, but I'd love to actually know how much it honestly affects the smaller artist besides the typical "exposure" argument. It seems like an extremely complicated slippery slope to me.
I've seen some good reports on legal downloading sites. I'm sorry that i can't remember any specific comparisions or anything, but they all pretty much said that apple was the best for the consumer because It is relatively cheap, easy to use, compatable with the highest selling mp3 player (the iPod), and can be burned up to five times per playlist.
backtothesound
04/26/06, 01:38 PM
steve jobs is the man, i love everything about him.
atticusfinch
04/26/06, 03:49 PM
yay for steve jobs!
this is very good. Solid blow to the fucking greedy bastards of the record industry.
shtjames
04/26/06, 04:01 PM
...and the price of limewire stays at 00 cents
yes everyone seems to forget this
That's awesome that the prices aren't getting any higher! now I just gotta find a way how to convert iTunes format music into mp3 format...any ideas out there?! :)
while this isn't exactly a "conversion," you can burn them to a cd, then rip them to mp3. that's what i did with the songs i got off of there.
oh yeah, steve jobs: 1, record execs: 0. fuck you record industry.
does that happen to you often?
it happened to me. fortunately, they haven't tried to collect so far (knock on wood).
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