$0.99 music downloads to end?

[BurnItDwn]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
I'm glad the CDs i buy are almost always less than $10 each ...

The other week I bought 55 cds for a grand total of $200., All legit. Also, all death/black metal.

There is a reason that all that crap is so cheap.

There are a few reasons why it is less expensive than mainstream crap.
1.) They don't spend any money on marketing at all.
2.) Very low profit margains
3.) The purpose of the music is NOT to make money, it is the art, the money is just something on the side.

 

[erikiksaz]

From an artists' point of view, 99 cents seems kinda cheap, whereas 1.99 is too much. Don't you guys have favorite artists/songs? Do you personally think that band's time/song is only worth a dollar?

 

[So]

From a consumer's point of vies, .99 seems like way too much, I mean, I can understand new tracks, where they are trying to recoup promotion and studio costs, but tracks like sinatra and the beatles? The only cost is bandwidth and server wear.

 

[Raj]

unlikely that 99 cent music downloads will end. record companies should be glad they're gettin any money off online downloads.

 

[waggy]

I have spent more on music with the $.99 price this year then i then i have the last 4 years.

If they raise it to $1.99+ then screw them. Guess i will save money again.

 

[PingSpike]

I wasn't even going to look at that crap until they took the DRM junk off it. I'm not fvcking around with some file I can only copy twice of whatever after paying $1 for it, when I can just get an illegal copy for free instead.

The reason they want to raise this price is clear, people don't want to buy they entire album of some crap band with one good song. They download the one single, play it to death and thats it. Those singles are worth $1 I think, but the record companies want to go back to making $15-20 selling you essentially one good song. There's a reason you can't find single CDs easy anymore, because they want to force you to buy the whole trash album.

What they need to do is realize that they can't release trash and expect everyone to eat it up anymore...they had their day in the sun, its time to change the business model.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: PingSpike
I wasn't even going to look at that crap until they took the DRM junk off it. I'm not fvcking around with some file I can only copy twice of whatever after paying $1 for it, when I can just get an illegal copy for free instead.

The reason they want to raise this price is clear, people don't want to buy they entire album of some crap band with one good song. They download the one single, play it to death and thats it. Those singles are worth $1 I think, but the record companies want to go back to making $15-20 selling you essentially one good song. There's a reason you can't find single CDs easy anymore, because they want to force you to buy the whole trash album.

What they need to do is realize that they can't release trash and expect everyone to eat it up anymore...they had their day in the sun, its time to change the business model.

then use allofmp3.com no DRM crap and its cheap, REALLY cheap

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: PingSpike
I wasn't even going to look at that crap until they took the DRM junk off it. I'm not fvcking around with some file I can only copy twice of whatever after paying $1 for it, when I can just get an illegal copy for free instead.

The reason they want to raise this price is clear, people don't want to buy they entire album of some crap band with one good song. They download the one single, play it to death and thats it. Those singles are worth $1 I think, but the record companies want to go back to making $15-20 selling you essentially one good song. There's a reason you can't find single CDs easy anymore, because they want to force you to buy the whole trash album.

What they need to do is realize that they can't release trash and expect everyone to eat it up anymore...they had their day in the sun, its time to change the business model.

then use allofmp3.com no DRM crap and its cheap, REALLY cheap

I just bought like 300+ songs on there for less than $40 ..and most of them are LOSSLESS

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
I'm glad the CDs i buy are almost always less than $10 each ...

The other week I bought 55 cds for a grand total of $200., All legit. Also, all death/black metal.

No amount of death/black metal is worth $200.

 

[Cuda1447]

I have a question for all of you legal mp3 downloaders... what happens if you lose the music some how? Virus? Reformat? Other? Do you have to pay to download all your songs again or what?

 

[Cuda1447]

I have a question for all of you legal mp3 downloaders... what happens if you lose the music some how? Virus? Reformat? Other? Do you have to pay to download all your songs again or what?

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: JackDawkins
$1.99 isn't bad as long as they give you a B side. If not, fsck em and back to downloading for free.

$1.99...that's $14 for Made In Japan, $26 for Modernday Folklore...yikes, man, that's insane.

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: Nebor
I guess I'm the only person that doesn't have a problem buying CDs. I love every song on the CD because it's by the artist that I like, that's why I buy their albums. If I see an album I don't have by an artist I like, I buy it right away.

I have a problem with buying CDs...I can't buy thew ones I really want new! I want 3 CDs, that I've heard only 3 tracks off of (one off each), and are they in print? No. They weren't released but in 00, 02 and 03. WTF! It's not like they're old.
BTW, if I did what you're saying, I would have wasted $40 or more on QUeensryche's latest albums.

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: erikiksaz
From an artists' point of view, 99 cents seems kinda cheap, whereas 1.99 is too much. Don't you guys have favorite artists/songs? Do you personally think that band's time/song is only worth a dollar?

Yes.
Why? Because it was worth that much in the early 90s, when you could get new releases for $10-$13, and artists still don'tget any more money than back then from CD sales.
Edit: wait, that kept into the mid 90s...I have Boston - Walk On here with a $10 price sticker...it hadn't been out even 3 weeks when I got it.

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: Cuda1447
I have a question for all of you legal mp3 downloaders... what happens if you lose the music some how? Virus? Reformat? Other? Do you have to pay to download all your songs again or what?

Probably.
DVD+/-Rs + RAID. Done.
I don't know, though, as allofmp3, for instance, doesn't have what I want that I can't easily get on CD for $12 or so new (IE, those out of print albums I was talking about, that I will finally break down and buy used).

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: So
From a consumer's point of vies, .99 seems like way too much, I mean, I can understand new tracks, where they are trying to recoup promotion and studio costs, but tracks like sinatra and the beatles? The only cost is bandwidth and server wear.

and employees, and electricity, and...

 

[Mallow]

damn, this movement will never move forward with $2.99/song prices :/

 

[machintos]

I still buy CDs from the singers I really like. The rest of them... well... sometimes I do too. But I ususally end up disappointed.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: lancestorm
They are raising prices because of how good the sales are. Sons of b<beep>es!

These are record execs. The most you can expect is the occasional reacharound. Anything else is gravy

 

[Stark]

they're going to have a tough time convincing walmart to raise prices, and if walmart doesn't, than nobody else will.

 

[PELarson]

The record companies are nutz!!!

$.99 per song without the cost of pressing, packaging, or shipping. Easy money and they are gripping!
:disgust:

 

[ITJunkie]

Stupid F'ing RIAA and the rest of those dinosaurs just don't get it. :disgust:

If they raise those rates I will go back to Kazaa and others. Screw them....

 

[SludgeFactory]

Does this increase in price surprise *anybody*? This is the music industry -- what is their track record with dealing with customers and with the talent they contract to make their product? Why do they ever migrate to new formats? To resell you all the music you bought in other formats and make $$$$. It's clear that $0.99 was a psychological price point, and now with this news it's becoming obvious that they wanted to hook people on the convenience and then jack the prices. The temptation to price this similarly to the CD single is too great, only now they'll be charging the same (or more) for a product with slashed distribution cost, slashed overhead cost, no packaging, reduced quantity of music (no B-side or extra tracks), and lesser audio quality. Sounds like a winner!

$0.99 was too high to begin with, and $9.99 for an MP3 album is ridiculous for me. You can get CD's all day long from BMG and CH for $4 - $5 a piece. Supplement with sources like ebay, buy used, buy online -- the average cost for all my CD's is well under $10. Even if the prices I paid for CD were somehwat higher than MP3, I'd still prefer the Redbook audio, packaging, and the permanence over the instant gratification, thanks.

I never had any use for $1 MP3's, $2 or $3 is a JOKE.

 

[Nebor]

Fortunately Kazaa has been destroyed by RIAA while everyone had their eyes on 99 cent music downloads.

Jeez, it's not that complicated. If you want something, it's wrong to steal it, you must buy it. You may as well walk into the grocery store, rip open a bag of hot dog buns and walk out with 1 bun, because you only wanted the 1 bun, not 8.

 

[Xionide]

Originally posted by: Nebor
Fortunately Kazaa has been destroyed by RIAA while everyone had their eyes on 99 cent music downloads.

Jeez, it's not that complicated. If you want something, it's wrong to steal it, you must buy it. You may as well walk into the grocery store, rip open a bag of hot dog buns and walk out with 1 bun, because you only wanted the 1 bun, not 8.

Maybe but the fact is that there is molding sh!t on the other 7 buns.

-Xionide