Amazon music: 99 cents for 256kbps MP3 DRM free

[Scott Anguish]

On Sep 26, 2007, at 8:08 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote:

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> On Sep 26, 2007, at 4:45 PM, LuKreme wrote:
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>> On 26-Sep-2007, at 13:00, Kevin Callahan wrote:
>>> why Apple is charging 1.29 for 256k while Amazon is charging 99  
>>> for 256k
>>
>> 256K MP3 is << 256K AAC
>>
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> in terms of size?
>
> i'm not talking about quality ..
> since the discussion was around the 30% increase in price at Apple ..
> was it due to label pressure?  due to non-DRM risk in sales (ie -  
> people send copies around .. better make a little more up front when  
> we can) ..
> or bandwidth costs
>

	re bandwidth costs.

	it's too bad we don't have a musician who could try recompressing  
their original content.

	or perhaps could weigh in on the DRM issue.

	it's unlikely we'll have a label publisher show up on the list and  
comment.