Oh my god, if music was $2 a track to download... I should reconsider my
plan of marrying an old rich guy and getting his money; or robbing a liquor
store, or conducting various internet scams... cause that would be the only
way I could afford to keep up with my habit. Just stick it to the vein. ;)
quoted 41 lines From: Brett Dietsch <elph@lawngnome.org>
>From: Brett Dietsch <elph@lawngnome.org>
>To: Brandon Tallent <djresonance@yahoo.com>
>CC: idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: Re: [idm] the only ones that win r...
>Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 15:30:14 -0500
>
>
>On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 03:18 PM, Brandon Tallent wrote:
>>
>>This is a good idea, but I think that 2$ per track
>>download is a little bit pricey. If you figure that
>>the average cd has 10 tracks on it, you end up paying
>>more for each song by downloading then by purchasing
>>the cd. I realize that you might be offering hard to
>>find tracksor singles, but you get the point. Since
>>the purchaser isn't getting any packaging or tangible
>>material, I think that the price needs to be low
>>enough so that people will not think twice about
>>paying for the track when they could alternatively
>>download it for free off of a p2p service. I think
>>something in the range of 50 cents to 1$ would
>>generate more downloads then 2$ per track.
>
>how much do people pay for a record with 1-2 songs on it? 10 bucks?
>lets say 60% of that cost is distribution and material costs.
>*gasp* thats two dollars a song!
>
>i paid 8 or 9 dollars for squarepushers "do you know squarepusher" a year
>or so ago. one sided vinyl. one track.
>i paid around 15 for afx - two remixes. 2 dollars a tune isnt really that
>much, all things considering. i assume that a lot of the tracks soma would
>be selling arent from full-lenght albums, so you'd be paying more than that
>to get them anyway.
>
>the option to download something from a p2p service should not have any
>impact on the decision to buy a track or not.
>
>
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