iTunes Variable Pricing Live, More Countries Supported
True to supply-and-demand economics, the price of music downloads will be geared to the artist's popularity. Releases from new artists would receive the lower pricing, while tracks from popular acts would get slapped with the higher rate. Even classics, such as Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA," could retail for the higher price. Most of the 10 million songs in the iTunes catalog are expected to remain at 99 cents.
Apple announced this plan at Macworld San Francisco. The record labels have long requested variable pricing and, in exchange, Apple has been allowed to transition all their music content to DRM-free (no copy protection).In addition, it appears Apple has greatly expanded the countries that iTunes now supports (screenshot).
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(View all)What really pisses me off is that it seems like they just picked random songs and albums to increase. I bet all the record company execs were meeting to discuss the best selling and most popular songs and albums from the last 2 years and then sent the list to Apple. I really wouldn't mind having DRM. The only reason iTunes Plus makes any sense to me is that it has better audio quality. :mad:
I have yet to see a $.69 song.
The first adjusted price songs are appearing in iTunes, the first I can see is the Black Eyed Peas single "Boom Boom Pow" for $1.29. Apple has been expected to update the store today (April 7) with $1.29, $.99 and $.69 songs
Boom Boom Pow is still the usual $1.79 here in NZ, but Where Is the Love is now $2.39 :eek:
Boom Boom Pow is still the usual $1.79 here in NZ, but Where Is the Love is now $2.39 :eek:
That's what I'm talking about. It's like they just chose random songs....It makes no sense.... :confused::mad:
I'm not sure if this has been done on the U.S. store, but the UK now has an 'iTunes Pass' for the Fray. It basically entitles the user to a collection of live material (audio and visual), which will be updated, until June 30th. There's no price as of yet. Intriguing stuff.
Yes, its here in Australia too. Im trying to buy it, but there no buy button or price.... Weird...
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