On 3/6/08, Christopher Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > But complete albums are still available through iTunes, for a > reasonable price (and crappy sound quality) for those who still like > professional selection, pacing and mastering. Because of the nature > of iTunes' pricing, sometimes you can do better by buying the whole > album, while sometimes you can do better buying the tunes one at a > time and assembling it yourself.
That's right, but at least now consumers have more of a choice, and it's precisely because of the technology, networks of end users, and market forces. In the TV special I'm discussing, a former executive for EMI was relating how in the mid 1990s, IBM and some record labels financed a very very expensive study that suggested end users would NOT want to burn music cds for their own use. This was a major goof on IBM's part (well the labels too, because they fought the technology tooth and nail before they found a good model that worked). IBM didn't learn an earlier study it commissioned in the early 1980s, that suggested the public at large wouldn't be interested in PCs and it would have limited market potential. Kim _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
