Once again, Zune users are left shaking their fists at an uncaring god. Just when it seemed that the Apple bubble migh finally burst, and their purchase of a Microsoft media player would be rewarded, Steve Jobs and company emerged victorious in a lawsuit brought by the NMPA. The action, which would have raised the royalty paid by Apple by sixty-six percent, was denied; the rate was frozen for the next five years at the current princely sum of nine cents per track. A small silver lining for non-Apple zombies is that the company's petition to drop the royalty rate to four cents was also denied. When your chosen hardware is battling the monoply, take the victories, however small, when you can get them. [NME]
Apple wins copyright case, avoids iTunes shutdown
Once again, Zune users are left shaking their fists at an uncaring god. Just when it seemed that the Apple bubble migh finally burst, and their purchase of a Microsoft media player would be rewarded, Steve Jobs and company emerged victorious in a lawsuit brought by the NMPA. The action, which would have raised the royalty paid by Apple by sixty-six percent, was denied; the rate was frozen for the next five years at the current princely sum of nine cents per track. A small silver lining for non-Apple zombies is that the company's petition to drop the royalty rate to four cents was also denied. When your chosen hardware is battling the monoply, take the victories, however small, when you can get them. [NME]
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October 3, 2008 at 11:04 p.m.
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How could you comment on the price per track and not at Zune users shaking their fists at the heavens? |
October 4, 2008 at 10:28 a.m.
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bah. I used to spend so much money on CD's (still do) anyway I look at it - downloading money is pretty much cheaper. |
October 4, 2008 at 3:33 p.m.
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I'll admit, Mike, that the Zune user fist-shaking image was a very nice one. |
9.1 cents may not be much, but it's the exact same as the per-track statutory mechanical royalty paid for physical CDs (that rate tends to go up every couple years by the way). I see no reason why digital and physical tracks should be treated differently in terms of the money that songwriters and publishers are making off them.