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| From | Michael vg <govango@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Fw: TECH ALERT: Yahoo to Unveil Music Service |
| Date | Tue, 10 May 2005 16:09:09 -0700 (PDT) |
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I have read about this for awhile now and it doesnt make
any sense to me. I still feel they are targeting the younger
music listener, the casual fan. Since the shelf life of
most pop singles are a few months at best, they rent them out
to people. As the next single is released they move on, no clutter of
Cds or tapes. Of course there is always the option to buy it to keep
if you so decide after renting it, but either way it is a win win for the
music business, but again I feel they are fogetting the true fans.
The ones that buy, will still be stuck with over priced CDs, stupid gimmicks
like DualDiscs and the horrible practice of re-releasing a month old Cd
with a bonus disc.
Viva La usenet. Been enjoying the new Spoon for 3 weeks now, so much
I bought it today. New SonVolt looks to be a real winners as does
the new Doves. I refuse to pay to sample music and then buy it again
if I like it.
michael vg
--- Josh Chasin <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "WSJ.com Editors" <access@interactive.wsj.com>
> >>>Yahoo plans to roll out an aggressively priced online-music service
> >>>Wednesday, in a bold move to undercut rivals and win consumers over to a
> >>>music subscription model in which they rent songs rather than buy them.
> >>>The new service, dubbed Yahoo Music Unlimited, will give users unlimited
> >>>access to over a million music tracks for $6.99 a month or $60 a year.>>>
>
> Here's my question as an avid music consumer.
>
> Why would I want to rent my songs?
>
> Not rhetorical; I'm interested in opinions.
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