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I'm sure the music labels all have some weird accounting schemes they use with brick and mortar sales (getting paid by the retailer before the retailer sales the CDs, then giving the retailer something back on "returns" of unused merchandise which is then reselling the returns to someone else, et. al.) With iTunes, it is all to simple, when Apple sells a song they get paid. No returns, no write-offs, no accounting "magic."

MW: "figure" Steve Jobs was the one to finally figure outdigital music sells.

Zune will win the music label war

Record labels can shove the variable pricing up to "where the sun don't shine".

Hey MDN why is there a zune Ad at the bottom of this site!

Wow, are the Reader Feedback postings small and harder to read?

Well, look, I just want to say th-

OHH MY GOD!!!!! MY EYES!!!!! EVERYTHING SUDDENLY GOT SO . . . SMALL!!

I . . . I CAN'T . . . I CAN'T SEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

As Steve Martin used to say . . . .

"Let's Get Small !"

This is amazing. I can not understand why the studios would sign on with iTunes competitors if this is really true. Is it? Blackfriars has a great track record, but this is unbelievable.

BUT!!

Digital sales PALE in comparison to CD sales.

The Labels could walk, start their own sites and sell their music in MP3 DRM free format.

After all Jobs is recommneding DRM free music anyway, so who needs him? iTunes will manage the MP3 files from other sites just fine.

ABC and NBC already have started their own video download sites paid for by commercials.

Most people would take the pain of watching a few commercials to get their content for free.

True, the labels could walk. But they walk away from the revenue also. If the alternatives that the labels themselves launched are not as simple as iTunes then they can forget it. Plus everyone would have to hunt and peck for their favorite artists, I don't know what labels ant of them are on, who cares. That's a deal breaker in my book.

Aren't the postings about the size they were before the site redesign?

And there is usually a space before and after each posting. Like this one if I did it correctly.

So much for that theory.

either they let go of DRM or I'll just get my music from Limewire...screw the Record business!

They've been screwing me my whole life, it's time I give a little screwing back.

They need to do what I say or they will not get one red cent from me again.

MegaMe,

"oh how I miss allofmp3.com"

The site is still going and you can purchase gift certificates to load your balance. Allofmp3 is operating "alongside" Mp3sparks.com with the latter being exactly the same as allofmp3 except mp3sparks has credit card facilities.

Ask ofr your money back MDN. The site doesn't work very well.

Wtf is wrong with this page???

Dito Chuck! Dito Macaday

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Wow, weed is stronger than in 1975. </pre>

Chuck

Well, look, I just want to say th-

OHH MY GOD!!!!! MY EYES!!!!! EVERYTHING SUDDENLY GOT SO . . . SMALL!!

I . . . I CAN'T . . . I CAN'T SEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL!

Too hard to add credit to allofmp3.com

So use legalsounds.com instead.

Legalsounds doesn't have high bitrates. Yes I know it's hard to refill your balance with allofmp3 but you just have to hunt around for a gift certificate. Maybe you check the blogs at allofmp3 and google "friends of allofmp3". Sorry for the delay in replying to your post.