Apple iTunes Australia - Oct 3rd?
Apple is working to expand iTunes and plans to open up an Australian version of its iTunes online music store Oct. 3, according to people familiar with the negotiations.
The opening, however, may only have a limited selection available to Australian users. According to Forbes, two of the four major music labels have agreed to sell their music on the Australian iTunes. Both Sony and Warner Music have yet to sign on. This has likely been the cause of the long delays in seeing the coming of the Australian iTunes Store.
The source of the disagreement appears to stem from Apple's insistence of pricing all songs at a common price ($.99 in the US). The labels are pushing for a tiered pricing model with premium songs priced higher, while older songs would be discounted.
The same argument appears to have delayed Sony's appearance in the recently launched iTunes Japan. According to Japan Today however, Sony and Apple appears to have come to terms in that market.
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Hopefully with it out there and doing well the pressure will be on the other 2 music labels to sign on too.
Even I, who consider myself to be very anti-piracy, would be tempted to go elsewhere if the prices of so called hits was double that of todays iTunes Music store prices.
that would be nice, I know australia's been waiting a while
Yeah I'm so pumped, however it will be another half a year before I'm 18 and can purchase music as I need to get a credit card.
Hopefully by the time that happens we will see all the record labels in the deal. Big mistake on the music industry side :rolleyes:
And- Has apple resisted, or are they just negotiating ??
I feel confident we will see price structure changes in 2006. The struggle to get itunes Australia up points in that direction - as well as countless oher stories about the apple and the music industry.
I like the simplicity itunes pricing offers right now - but am open to new structures. I don't want to be charged more to buy a new album on line instead of at a store - that'd make me reconsider.
Has anyone heard what kind of prices the music industry wants? $2 for a new song 25 cents for an old one??
And- Has apple resisted, or are they just negotiating ??
I feel confident we will see price structure changes in 2006. The struggle to get itunes Australia up points in that direction - as well as countless oher stories about the apple and the music industry.
I like the simplicity itunes pricing offers right now - but am open to new structures. I don't want to be charged more to buy a new album on line instead of at a store - that'd make me reconsider.
Last rumour had the prices at AUD$1.75. Expect around there and older music being cheaper.
I wish the music labels would realise how fragile the legal download market is and how easily customers will stick to file sharing or switch back to file sharing if they price the music too high.
Even I, who consider myself to be very anti-piracy, would be tempted to go elsewhere if the prices of so called hits was double that of todays iTunes Music store prices.
with music sold via itunes the costs go down for the music companies. in an open market that would lead to price reduction. but of course that's not what the music industry wants. they want to increase their sales.
so far online music sales are only 2% of their sales, but that will change. and then the greedy music managers will have to decide to either sell for reasonable prices or drive vast numbers of people into illegal downloading. maybe they have to accept that music will be less profitable in the future and that the sales numbers (in $) will go down. how about not giving multimillion dollar contracts to artists and managers and spending less on excessive parties for celebrities to compensate for lower prices?
but it's great that australia finally gets their itunes store. it's about time.
Yes, the music companies want to make money. Yes, they are notoriously a** holes. But people seem to think those two things make companies into morons as well. The people at the top are not sitting there tapping their fingers together and saying "Screw the public! Let's charge tons of money! I want more money! Where's a baby I can eat?!" They are going to be trying to work out how much money they can make, and they have to realize that they will make less if they up the price and lose the majority of their market.
Yeah I'm so pumped, however it will be another half a year before I'm 18 and can purchase music as I need to get a credit card.
Hopefully by the time that happens we will see all the record labels in the deal. Big mistake on the music industry side :rolleyes:
I have two teenagers, and whenever they want to buy music from iTMS, they just give me the money and I give them a gift certificate. Here's hoping the rumors are true and you'll be able to do the same in less than a month.
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