New Apple Products (live)-Aquire
New music service already has 200,000 available for purchase at 99¢ per song. Service offers unlimited CD burning. There is an authorization scheme that allows music downloaded only available on max of 3 macs. Songs can be played on an unlimited number of iPods. [My Mac Day]
A couple quick throughts. It seems like you are paying a bit of a premium for convenience. At $.99 per song the cost is comparable to a bit more than a new CD. Why not just buy the CD and save some money? On the other hand, this works toward the model where people only buy the songs they want.
I am not sure that I like that model, because it may take several listens to fully appreciate a song. If the model catches on it may lead to less interesting music, since there isn't a captive audience for "difficult" music.
Perhaps a more interesting question, is what happens in 5 to 10 years after you have purchased your 4th Mac and suddenly you can't listen to your old songs on your computer anymore?
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