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Microsoft, record labels can't agree on royalties
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 13:32:36 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Tor Fosheim <tfosheim () start no> Date: October 4, 2005 1:05:59 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Microsoft, record labels can't agree on royalties Hi David, For IP, if you like:Interesting news - especially with this Apple/Warner conundrum going on. We are seeing steep drops in record sales that are obviously connected to equally sharp rises in online single sales - and now the record companies are beginning to feel like they got suckered, methinks... Not even mighty Microsoft are getting them to the table these days - at least not when they try to bring the prices down:
Ars Technica writes: Microsoft, record labels can't agree on royalties 10/4/2005 10:17:43 AM, by Eric BangemanMicrosoft's plans to launch a subscription-based music service are on indefinite hold, after the software company walked away from negotiations with the Big Four record labels. The central bone of contention was royalties. The labels were looking for between US$6 and US$8 per user per month, a figure Microsoft balked at. Apparently, those figures are in line with what the current subscription services like Napster, RealNetworks, and Yahoo Music pay.
More: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051004-5384.htm All the best from Oslo, Tor _______ Tor Fosheim Journalist, www.dinside.no/data ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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