With the recent argument between the music industry and Apple on the pricing of individual songs selling in the iTunes music Store, here is my view…
Edgar Bronfan was right in that “not all songs are created equal” so not all songs should have the same price. Although I have yet to purchase any songs electronically and that all the songs in my iTunes Library are my own legit copy from purchased legit CDs, I have considered buying a few songs and I am still looking for the ones I want to buy. IMO, US$0.99 for the song that I like and want to buy is reasonable, and I may also consider buying a few others that are not so well known to me should their prices be less. iTunes Music Store is great for me for I can audition a portion of each and every song in a record before I consider buying in the comfort of my own home. For the songs and record that I like, I may even have several different version of the same CD such as a normal version and a XRCD version and perhaps a DVD as well. So I could get the best recorded quality possible or a visual entertainment.
Should the pricing of “eSongs” be any higher, while the quality remains around a mediocre 128kbps bitrate and not WAV or Apple Lossless, I’ll just stick to buying a few much better recorded CDs each year or even longer instead of purchasing electronically.
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