In other words, we may help out our buddies at the time (illigal price control) then when we decide we want more, we will either ask you, sue you, or both.

So it took what, 2 years to come up with a good sounding reason to increase prices that “maybe” the buying public would support? It was muttered a couple of years ago that the cartel wanted to raise prices and Jobs was fussing then over it. So they have finally put their collective heads together over at the cartels and came up with this silly sounding reason? lol. How long you think they gonna be satisfied with this price range if the customer swallows it and shruggs about the price increase?

What the real problem is here is nothing but greed. In the “what have you done for me lately” corporate world, showing profit on a day to day basis is job justification to keep your seat in the employed ranks.

One has to ask just why they feel this manufactured and current music is worth any more than those of past artists that were actually musicians. Preformance on stage has a whole different meaning today when dealing with concerts. One doesn’t so much need to spend years learning to play an instrument, they need to look good for the camera, dress in skimpy and sexy outfits, and be able to do a dance routine with lip-syncing. Something about all this makes me ask “Will the real musican please stand up”. I sure fail to see them on the current stages.

You betchyer pricing isn’t appropriate. It’s still too high. The phrase “monetize out product” pretty much says everything that needs to be said, doesn’t it?