Apple News: Subscription model, DRM-free music, iPhone
- Apparently, Steve Jobs hasn’t changed his mind on the subscription model, yet. “Never say never, but customers don’t seem to be interested in it,” said Jobs, to Reuters. “People want to own their music.”
Um, yes, this is one of many reasons why eMusic is doing so well. You subscribe to a plan, but also own the music. It gives the labels some certainty, while still allowing people to own the music they download. Sure it would cost quite a bit more, if it involved the major labels, but a hybrid subscription model, like eMusic, from iTunes would be hugely popular.
- Hypebot argues that Apple isn’t really into the whole DRM-free thing. If Apple wanted to, says hypebot, they could have had indie labels selling DRM-free music already. While it’s true that they could have had indies selling DRM-free music (like eMusic) on iTunes, I think that Apple is more concerned right now with putting pressure on the majors. The indies will fall into place later, by their logic. This Reuters article seems to back me up.
- Coming in “late-June”…the iPhone…I wouldn’t be surprised if this inches back even further from the early-June date they gave in January.
April 30th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
Emusic.com used to be greater. They had a lot of labels contributing tracks, but now that you are limited on tracks, and monthly download limits, it’s not as great as the service once was.
May 1st, 2007 at 6:04 pm
Yeah, that’s what I’ve heard. But to me, right now, it is the best service available other than iTunes, which still has DRM limitations. As I alluded to in the post, ideally the rumored Amazon store and iTunes would move in the direction of eMusic, but obviously still have the major labels and the indies (and therefore cost more). Even with the added cost, this would make for the best digital music download store possible and have the potential to make everyone happy.
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