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| From | "Michael Curry" <mikecurry@hotmail.co.uk> |
| Subject | Re: for Stewart and the subscribers to eMusic |
| Date | Wed, 09 May 2007 17:40:29 +0100 |
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>Anyone want to buy a new fangled toothpaste?
Does it come with any free downloads? ;-)
>From: "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: for Stewart and the subscribers to eMusic
>Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 12:30:28 -0400
>
>At Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 09:10:11 Lee wrote:
>
>>Another article on the eMusic thing.
>>
>>http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070508-indie-labels-revolting-against-emusics-low-prices-hardly.html
>
>Pakman makes some interesting points that help shore up *his* company's
>best interests. A larger volume of subscribers is great for his bottom
>line, but like Wal-Mart, bullying vendors into lowering wholesale prices so
>that you can have more bodies in your store means you've still got to sell
>four or five times what you used to just to put those dollars back in your
>pocket.
>
>Having the consumer dictate what they're willing to pay for something is a
>dangerous measuring stick to maintain a healthy business with....cause at
>the end of the day, the consumer will ALWAYS want product for next to
>nothing (or completely free).
>
>e-Music, like Walmart, is devaluing what the art is actually worth. As
>stated in my previous emails....how low can we sell our songs before we
>have to leave the business because we can't make a living at it any longer?
>
>People seem to want their entertainment for free....but they're willing to
>pay more than a gallon of gas is worth for a bottle of clean water. Maybe I
>need to get into the necessities business.
>
>Anyone want to buy a new fangled toothpaste?
>
>
>
>Jaimie Vernon,
>President, Bullseye Records
>http://www.bullseyecanada.com
>
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>
>Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
>http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/
>
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>
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