Maybe it’s just me but have you noticed an egregious movement towards subscription down loads for music. Yahoo is opening an online music store which will allow you to pay for and down load music that you’ll never be able to fully own. Not only do you have to pay a subscription cost you’ll also need to purchase the actual music itself which can range in price. Let me say again, you will never fully own the rights to this music that you’ve paid for!
This reminds me of those movies where the thugs come to the old guy’s store and say “You need to pay us to keep your store from getting damaged.” What they don’t say is if the poor old guy doesn’t pay the thugs will be the ones doing the damage.
What the consumer needs right now is a music store that sells you the music without charging a subscription fee and then allows you own the right to it FOREVER!
Right now I only know of a few sites that are actually taking the honest path.
Apples itunes
MusicMatch’s store through Dell
Wal Mart (as much as I loathe their other business practices)
Here’s a question. What happens if that business goes OUT OF BUSINESS, are the consumers who have to pay this monthly extortion bill just “SOL”?
How about another question? Does the Artist receive any portion of the subscription fees? If they don’t than I really think ASCAP should get involved.
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