What is up with the Music Industry? (See: Wired News: Speaking of Music Piracy ….)
For months, digital-music services have been touting albums for $9.99 to entice more people to buy online. But Apple’s iTunes Music Store has been charging $16.99 for Fly or Die, while Napster sells the 12-song collection for $13.99. Both prices are higher than the $13.49 that Amazon.com charges for the CD itself. The same pricing shifts are showing up on albums by a growing slate of artists, from Shakira to Bob Dylan.
The music industry/RIAA have been complaining for years now about piracy. People illegally downloading music because they don’t want to pay a gouged price for a CD everyone knows costs less than a dollar to make. So now we have popular online music stores that offer decent prices and are gaining traction in the market and what’s the first thing that the record companies want to do? Jack up prices!
I mean please, get a clue people!