Record Labels Push for iTunes Price Hike

csteinle writes "Looks like the major labels are getting their own way again. The New York Post reports that the price per track may be going up to $1.25, while the per album price for some albums could go as high as $16.99. The Register has its own take on this, too. Aren't you glad you starting paying for downloaded music?" Update: 05/07 19:15 GMT by M : Apple says their prices won't increase.

Re:Uhm?

[Anonymous Coward]

Please remember that this is Slashdot. A typical CD price is less than $16.99 only if complaints are being made about the high cost of downloading, otherwise a typical CD, according to Slashbots, costs $20-30, because of the gouging evil RIAA members.

Filthy Canadians

[Silvrmane]

This affects me not in the littlest way because, as a filthy Canadian, I am not allowed to download anything from the iTunes store. We'll just have to keep getting our music the old fashioned way...

RIAA bathroom conversation....

[mikepaktinat]

Exec 1: (flushes golden toilet) The number of people using illegal P2P has gone down since iTunes was opened.

Exec 2: We can still sue them right?

Exec 1: No, they paid for the music.

Exec 2: WHAT!?!!?!??! Not sue people!!! but how can we offend our customer while alienating them at the same time????

Exec 1: Raise Prices?

Exec 2: You are a genius, CD sales will skyrocket!! We can control what they listen to again!!!! Now if you excuse me I need to use the john

Exec 1: Its out of TP, use this (hand him stack of $100s)

Re:rip my nuts off, cook them, and then eat them

[Anonymous Coward]

Remind me never to come to your house for dinner.

Let's all unite and...

[dcrocha]

only buy songs from the artists who are selling their songs directly to their fans, like George Michael [georgemichael.com] and... aw shit, forget it.

Re:Please... kill me now

[palutke]

It's so fucking stupid that I want to rip my nuts off, cook them, and then eat them.

Yeah! That'll show 'em!

The RIAA. . .

[noewun]

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

Fucking idiots. They deserve whatever they get,.

Re:Please... kill me now

[SoTuA]

Yes! Terrific idea! After all, how expensive can it be to buy the record label that distributes "The Beatles"?

Re:Caveat emptor!

[PhxBlue]

Yes, [the DMCA's] horrendous, but no, it doesn't make things normally illegal, legal.

Right. We have the Patriot Act for that.

Re:Please... kill me now

[Q2Serpent]

and go back to their tried and true anal ra... business model

I think you meant "anal rape^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hbusiness model". Try changing your TERM environment variable; it may be set incorrectly.

Film at Eleven

[cgreuter]

And so, laughing maniacally, the music industry snatches the gun from Apple and begins frantically shooting the stumps at the ends of its legs.

Um, Did you learn math from Ross Perot?

[UrgleHoth]

You take 0.99 and subtract the line items:
0.99-(0.70 + 0.20 + 0.10) = -0.01

That mean that the artist OWES someone $0.01 for each song sold.

Re:Please... kill me now

[Anonymous Coward]

I heard that the Nazis used to do that too.

Re:Please... kill me now

[drxenos]

My ex-girlfriend used "unthaw" constantly. I couldn't make the moron understand why she was being stupid (other than for dating me!).

Re:Please... kill me now

[metlin]

Is there a mod for +5, Dream On? :)

Re:Allofmp3.com

[Anonymous Coward]

I wish you Slashdotters would stop mentioning Allofmp3.com! Every time the topic comes up, the Russian Allofmp3.com servers get slashdotted and I have trouble downloading my music from them! :) Please restrict your discussion of this wonderful service to less-trafficked websites.

Re:Please... kill me now

[driverEight]

The problem is that the word "irregardless" breaks all rules about word construction in the English language. The root word is "regard". "regardless" means to have no regard, as per standard English suffixing rules. "irregardless" represents the negation of the word "regardless", as per standard English prefixing rules. So, it must mean to not not have regard for. IOW, it's a double negative, all in one word. It's like someone saying "unthaw" when they really mean "thaw"... it's just - plain - wrong! Watch what you say. Your ideas are inflammable.

Re:Please... kill me now

[Anonymous Coward]

They keep me cool.

Re:Please... kill me now

[timeOday]

Just to make your day a little worse, look up "flammable" and "inflammable."

Re:Good lord...

[PeelBoy]

Good Now we no how to push You're buttons

Great, just what we need

[Anonymous Coward]

Dear iT00nes:
While I have n0t b0ught any s0ngs at y0ur $.99 cent rate, I str0ngly pr0test any raising of prices.
If you d0, I swear I will c0ntinue to never buy any songs from y0u.

::Apple shakes in fear::

Re:Please... kill me now

[Eccles]

Unfortunately, you've fallen for one of the more classic blunders.

...the most famous of which is "Never get involved in a land war in Asia."

Re:Please... kill me now

[supermojoman]

But only slightly lesser known is, "Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!" Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Re:Please... kill me now

[SubconsciousSeraphim]

No, I'm pretty sure he means Anal Ra, an obscure egyptian deity who was based on the sun god but was quite fastidious about his duties as a deity.

Re:Please... kill me now

[ozbird]

"... the newest, most hyped garbage ..."
Garbage is one of the few bands I'm prepared to pay new CD prices for! ;-)