iTunes is succumbing to pressure from the major record labels to raise the price of single recordings to as high as $1.25. In addition, some albums will cost as much as $16.00. These changes probably won’t be enough to push me towards illegal downloading; I rarely buy complete albums and I can afford to pay a bit more for the singles I purchase. However, I’m concerned that this move will stifle the trend towards cheap, legal downloading of music. The price increase seems purely motivated by the labels’ greed and they are doing a bang-up job of alienating consumers who want to buy music on-line.
Oops. Never mind.
Back on my regular writing schedule again. This summer is going to see a major push to get the book at least near completion.
