Sony-BMG on iTMS Australia?
SMH.com.au reports that Sony-BMG and Apple may be coming to an agreement to supply Sony-BMG's music on the new Australian iTunes Music Store.
The iTunes Music Store for Australia was launched on Tuesday, October 25th. But notably absent was the music from Sony-BMG. According to previous reports, pricing disputes had led to the long delays in the launch of the Australian music store.
According to this new article, negotiations are coming to a close:
Pricing remains a contentious issue between Apple and the Music Industry. Previous reports have noted the ongoing difference of opinion. The music industry has been pushing for a tiered pricing system while Apple has insisted on a single price point for all songs. This will be an ongoing issue as Apple's current agreements with the US music labels ends in early 2006.
The iTunes Music Store for Australia was launched on Tuesday, October 25th. But notably absent was the music from Sony-BMG. According to previous reports, pricing disputes had led to the long delays in the launch of the Australian music store.
According to this new article, negotiations are coming to a close:
"There's a couple of points left to finalise, the negotiations are going really well and we hope that they will be all settled soon and we'll be on track too"
Pricing remains a contentious issue between Apple and the Music Industry. Previous reports have noted the ongoing difference of opinion. The music industry has been pushing for a tiered pricing system while Apple has insisted on a single price point for all songs. This will be an ongoing issue as Apple's current agreements with the US music labels ends in early 2006.
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82 months ago
Maybe the artists represented by Sony-BMG got into an uproar? I checked Sony Australia music site and there are literally thousands of famous artists represented by Sony. I then cross checked against iTMS AUS and found several artists listed, but perhaps they were listed before signing up.
82 months ago
Maybe this means good news for Sony-BMG in Japan for the iTMS as well. One can only hope.
82 months ago
would it be that bad to have varying prices on music? what's the consensus here?
i wouldn't care about different prices for different songs.
i'm just afraid it would open the door for the music industry to quietly raise the average prices of music and to rip the customers off.
i wouldn't care about different prices for different songs.
i'm just afraid it would open the door for the music industry to quietly raise the average prices of music and to rip the customers off.
82 months ago
would it be that bad to have varying prices on music? what's the consensus here?
Very very Badi'm just afraid it would open the door for the music industry to quietly raise the average prices of music and to rip the customers off.
And thats exactly what would happen. Charge you 89¢ for The Mocarena and $3 for the song you actually want.Do you really think they would be pushing this hard for it if they weren't making a tidy profit.
82 months ago
Being in the UK i use the british iTMS but is it possible for me to buy songs from the Australian iTMS because there are songs by Aussie artists that I obviously can't get from the UK one.
Any help much appreciated
Any help much appreciated
82 months ago
Charge you 89¢ for The Mocarena and $3 for the song you actually want.
Do you really think they would be pushing this hard for it if they weren't making a tidy profit.
i think that $3.00 for ANY song is completely a ripoff. i mean who is really going to pay that much when they can get the CD for 14.99 or less with all the songs, and all the artwork.
lets just say that there are 10 songs on the CD and it is new and over priced at 14.99, that is only $1.50 a song.
nobody will pay more that .99 for a song, but i could see paying less for some of the content.
82 months ago
Being in the UK i use the british iTMS but is it possible for me to buy songs from the Australian iTMS because there are songs by Aussie artists that I obviously can't get from the UK one.
Any help much appreciated
you need a credit card registered in aussie land. i use my american credit card for the american store and the german credit card for the german store. it works.
i don't know yet if a friend in aussie land can buy a song for you as gift that you can play then in uk. if it works you don't need an aussie credit card, just an aussie friend.:D
82 months ago
Maybe this means good news for Sony-BMG in Japan for the iTMS as well. One can only hope.
Sony are so big they don't know what they are doing. Notice in this article that negotiations aren't even being held with Sony Australia now, the parent company had to step in.The situation in Japan is much the same, it's a whole different company under the same corporate umbrella. Sony upper manglement must have their fingernails chewed to the nub by now, seeing all the contradictory things their various entertainment and manufacturing subsidiaries do.
82 months ago
It appears that Sony has lost it recently. They have other problems, like more wimpy iPod "killers" that will flounder like the last round and, at the corporate level, they have had to go to a CEO that isn't Japanese.
As for the iTunes problem, they are sitting around while sales have broken 600,000,000 songs knowing they are loosing money. Their artists know that also, which is nice when it's time to renew contracts.
And to think that Sony used to be one of the smartest companies around.
As for the iTunes problem, they are sitting around while sales have broken 600,000,000 songs knowing they are loosing money. Their artists know that also, which is nice when it's time to renew contracts.
And to think that Sony used to be one of the smartest companies around.
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