iTunes 1,000,000 Japan sales
p2pnet.net News:- iTunes is now being sold in Japan and in its first four days has moved more than one million songs, says Apple.
That’s 250,000 DRM-loaded offerings day at 150 yen (about $1.35 at the time of writing) and 200 yen (about $1.80) per song.
Americans pay $1 per.
In the real world of online music, on average, in the US in every minute of every day in July, 6,872,768 people were simultaneously logged onto the p2p file sharing networks, says p2p research firm Big Champagne. Around the world the number was even more impressive – 9,496,203.
But these people aren’t paying anything for their downloads, although they would if they could. It’s just that unlike iTunes dupes, they’re not willing to be tithed a ridiculous amount for something that’s worth only a few cents retail and an absolute maximum of 25 to 35 cents retail.
Apple boasts it’s sold 500 million songs in 19 countries since it introduced iTunes in the US over two years ago.
It probably hasn’t sold that many, actually. How many Apple downloads were give-aways tied to promotions? But let’s not quibble. Say 500 million.
One billion. That’s how many music files move computer to computer globally every month. What would that come to at 20 cents a download, say?
And it’s all money for jam. The digital tracks already exist.
A corporation’s primary purpose in life is to put money into the pockets of its shareholders. By ignoring p2p, the ‘executives’ who run the Big Four record label cartel are failing in their duty and seriously depriving not only their shareholders, but also their contracted artists and support workers who, claim the cartel members, are suffering extreme personal and financial hardship because of file sharing.
Why haven’t the executives been fired?
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August 8th, 2005 at 8:03 pm
Haven’t you realized yet that it’s not a matter of price? Itunes is pure fashion and will disappear as fast as it soared, and people will only get music for free, not only using p2p, but also email, web (you can alread get lots of MP3 using only google), IM, etc, because it’s EASY and safe (in terms of not having to deal with DRM) to do so, NOT exactly because it’s free.
They aren’t wrong by not firing the executives because they know it’s only a matter of time until they have no other choice. What they are doing is to get as much money as they can, while they can, then they will have to find other ways to make their money.
Maybe you don’t want to see the thruth.
August 9th, 2005 at 3:00 pm
p2p forever.