Universal to Sell CDs for $10 - Duh.

[admin]

In a remarkable, but delayed, achievement of common sense, Universal Music Group announced plans to drop prices on all of their new CDs to $10 or less. Universal is one of the largest music companies in the world, so this is big news in an industry that changes directions slower than the Titanic. The plan, which goes into effect this summer and will last through the rest of the year, is designed to reclaim consumers who have ditched the overpriced CD in favor of the digital download over the past several years.


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[corey]

I think "Duh" pretty much sums it up.

Now how about $10 movies? $10 for high def, and less for low def.

[oscarav098]

Not gonna work. This is a little too late. Most people are used to the convenience of purchasing and downloading music from the comfort of their own homes by now. Droping prices WILL NOT reverse that trend. They may have to undercut downloading services by big margin to have any signicant effect.

[jinjuku]

Hopefully this will drive down the price of a used CD. Sorry record labels, the day you treated me like a criminal is the day you lost me as a customer. The big labels WILL NEVER SEE MY MONEY. There are small labels that aren't part of RIAA that I still do business with.

I will still play by the rules, just not the ones you made up. I love the first sale doctrine.

[hodedofome]

I think the only people that still buy cd's are audiophiles who want the highest quality, and people that can't afford a mp3 player/computer to download and burn cd's.

[jeffsg4mac]

Apple still has one card they have not played yet though. The day they start offering full quality downloads either AIFF, FLAC or Apple Lossless then it game, set, match. That is the only thing that keeps me from buying songs off of itunes.

[Serj22]

Even if a CD is still $14.00, it's still cheaper than the hacked up price of $1.50 a song. Plus, the cool thing about a CD is, when you're done copying it to your MP3 files, you can SELL IT to a cd store! AND ITS TOTALLY LEGAL! and make some of the money back, or you can keep it. Try selling an Mp3 when you're done with it.

[jeffsg4mac]

Even if a CD is still $14.00, it's still cheaper than the hacked up price of $1.50 a song. Plus, the cool thing about a CD is, when you're done copying it to your MP3 files, you can SELL IT to a cd store! AND ITS TOTALLY LEGAL! and make some of the money back, or you can keep it. Try selling an Mp3 when you're done with it.

Not if there is only 3 songs off the CD you want

Most albums on itunes are $9.95 for all the songs, but at 256kbps AAC. I wont pay money for highly compressed music.

[jinjuku]

Even if a CD is still $14.00, it's still cheaper than the hacked up price of $1.50 a song. Plus, the cool thing about a CD is, when you're done copying it to your MP3 files, you can SELL IT to a cd store! AND ITS TOTALLY LEGAL! and make some of the money back, or you can keep it. Try selling an Mp3 when you're done with it.

You are a wart on the butt of mankind. You are indeed part of the bottom feeding, entitlement generation that is a HUGE part of the problem.

And by the way: IT IS TOTALLY ILLEGAL. You are why we wrap our software with a very effective protection wrapper

[jinjuku]

iTunes for most people is top 40 reinvented for the digital age. I can not tell you how many albums I have where the other songs are much better then what ever received air play.

I also have to assume on the flip side that iTunes has turned a lot of people on to other music.

My problem is I can't do classical music or orchestral music from iTunes because of the compression.

Hip/Hop, Rock, R&B you can get away with. Classical Music is a little more demanding. I will take my full data rate CD for as long as I can get them.