Tuesday, August 17, 2004
Wired News: Real Bites Apple on Downloads
Nifty piece at Wired about Real smiting Apple:
While I still despise Real's RealPlayer software, they seem to be on the right track when it comes to the way to treat selling music online. I'm interested to see how this will affect iTunes and the sale of big label music online. ¶ 6:57 a.m.
Nifty piece at Wired about Real smiting Apple:
RealNetworks will slash its song and album prices in half Tuesday in an attempt to lure music fans to buy its music downloads, which play on a slew of portable music players, including Apple iPods.
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Locking paying music fans into a particular device or service "is very anti-consumer and dangerous to the growth of the overall music business," he said. "Price is a very clear and simple way to communicate the benefit of choice in digital music, which is what this campaign is all about."
While I still despise Real's RealPlayer software, they seem to be on the right track when it comes to the way to treat selling music online. I'm interested to see how this will affect iTunes and the sale of big label music online. ¶ 6:57 a.m.
