tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post4700204135046204694..comments2024-03-29T10:17:18.826+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: Apple agrees to demands, blames labelsSimon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-45907692162828137822008-01-10T09:50:00.000+00:002008-01-10T09:50:00.000+00:00At the time Which originally made the complaint a...At the time Which originally made the complaint about the iTunes pricing differential:<BR/><BR/>"Look at the price of CDs in the US versus the UK. We believe the real comparison to be made is with the price of other track downloads in the UK." <BR/><BR/>http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2004/dec/04/europeanunion.netmusicSimon Hayes Budgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-67910263532378541502008-01-09T23:03:00.000+00:002008-01-09T23:03:00.000+00:00> Apple's tune has changed somewhat - it's > not s...> Apple's tune has changed somewhat - it's <BR/>> not so long ago that they were parotting <BR/>> the label's lame excuse of "lots of<BR/>> other things cost more in the UK" as a<BR/>> justification for the gouging of UK<BR/>> consumers.<BR/><BR/>Do you have links to statements made by Apple parroting labels' lame excuses? Because I agree that these are lame excuses, but I've never heard Apple parrot them.<BR/><BR/>TrevorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-24638282243932074752008-01-09T22:50:00.000+00:002008-01-09T22:50:00.000+00:00Fair points, but let's be fair: Apple not only acc...Fair points, but let's be fair: Apple not only accpeted the price structure, but have been publicly defending it over the last couple of years.Simon Hayes Budgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-53675253166183596382008-01-09T21:39:00.000+00:002008-01-09T21:39:00.000+00:00It's up to the "labels" to take care of this probl...It's up to the "labels" to take care of this problem. If they had (before this), there would never have been a problem in the first place. Place the responsibility at the source of the problem.<BR/><BR/>And if there are problems with how the Apple iTunes store implements this agreement (like raising prices across Europe to fall into line with the pricing in the UK), then that's going to be the fault of the labels and not the Apple iTunes store.<BR/><BR/>If there are problems in a specific country, that ends up requiring the Applie iTunes stores withdraw a song from the entire European market (because of a problem in one country) -- then that's going to be a problem that originates with the labels, and not the iTunes store.<BR/><BR/>The bottom line is that *all* of these problems *originate* with the labels and the Apple iTunes store is not the problem.<BR/><BR/>AND, with the fact that the Apple iTunes Music store is *not* a monopoly, that means that Apple can definitely market their songs for a wide market of formats (like MP3, AAC, lossless and so on) and doesn't have to do it for *every last single format* -- even if it's a format that Microsoft would love to "break into"... LOL!<BR/><BR/>It's about time that people *go to the source* of the problem and that's the music company labels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com