Apple talking to labels about unlimited music - Acura Forum

*Nikon1* · 03-19-08, 07:35 AM

Hmmmm $100.00 for unlimited music access - just might work!

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc is in talks with major music companies to offer customers free access to its entire iTunes music library in exchange for paying a premium for its iPods and iPhones, the Financial Times said.

Citing people familiar with the talks, the paper said the negotiations hinged on a dispute over the price Apple would be willing to pay for access to the labels' libraries.

One industry executive said research showed consumers would pay a premium of up to $100 for unlimited access to music for the lifetime of a device, or a monthly fee of $7-$8 for a subscription model.

Apple was not immediately available for comment.

Clapoti · 03-19-08, 08:38 AM

Could be interesting

**TireMeltingRSX** · 03-19-08, 11:25 AM

$100 for the lifetime of the device? That's a steal!

Ska · 03-19-08, 01:49 PM

I'm assuming they mean unlimited access, not unlimited downloads. Otherwise, I can't see that possibly working, labels would lose waaayyyy too much money.

*dkrift* · 03-19-08, 02:11 PM

$100 is what consumers want, not what Apple and the music industry are willing to give it out for. I think a more realistic premium would be in the $300 per device or a monthly subscription model.

Slynky · 03-19-08, 06:13 PM

I'm still an holdout. I prefer Amazon MP3. Absolutely NO DRM. Tried to make a ringtone out of a song my daughter had bought off iTunes and what a damn pain!!

saturnine · 03-28-08, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Ska

I'm assuming they mean unlimited access, not unlimited downloads. Otherwise, I can't see that possibly working, labels would lose waaayyyy too much money.

define access in this situation. like streaming radio essentially? You can listen as much as you want but not own? That doesn't really make sense since apple devices (excl. iphone & touch) don't have transmit/rcv capabilities.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, you make no sense.

Ska · 03-28-08, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by saturnine

define access in this situation. like streaming radio essentially? You can listen as much as you want but not own? That doesn't really make sense since apple devices (excl. iphone & touch) don't have transmit/rcv capabilities.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, you make no sense.

Great.

What I meant was that it might be like Napster or something, where you pay a certain amount to be able to stream music on a computer (or maybe a wifi device like an iphone or something), but you have to pay to actually download the song, which I believe is how Napster does it now. I just can't see labels ever possibly agreeing to this when you think about it this way:

Mechanical royalties (what songwriters get paid from selling songs) are usually about 8 cents. So basically, if someone pays Apple $100 for unlimited downloads, after downloading 1200 songs, ALL of that $100 has been paid to songwriters by means of mech. royalties. At that point, Apple makes NO money on that because they're paying it all out. And if stuff like Kazaa or Bittorrent is any indication, people with unlimited download access won't just be downloading a few songs a month, they're going to be downloading whatever they want, just because they can.

I just don't see it happening. Not as described, anyway.

Slider · 03-31-08, 05:44 PM

Only if there's no DRM.

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