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Originally Posted by 100_Percent_Juice
I never said anyone makes mp3 cds. Why would you make an mp3 cd when you have am ipod? And reguardless of free, stolen, paid for, on your cellphone, home computer, or through iTunes... MILLIONS of people download music. And everyone I know has "ripped" their cds onto their ipods. Last year Apple shipped 14 million Ipods in 1 quarter alone. Thats not saying how many people have the other less expensive mp3 players. If you go to crutchfield.com out of 128 in-dash cd players that they sell 90 of those are ipod compatible. Which should tell you where the market is going. Sat radio will become the new "radio" in a matter of years just like cable TV turned into basic cable that they are almost giving away.
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I didn't say "people don't download music", I said they "don't download music and burn CDs", which was the point I was making in contrary to BAN SUVS argument that satellite radio was dead because people can play MP3 CDs in their cars.
I know the iPod is very successful, but it's because of iTunes which made what used to be a painful process of Napster-ing around for a decent quality pirated song into a simple point and click legal purchasing system that even semi-brain dead Dixie Chicks fans can use. But Apple is the only one to figure it out... even to the point that Steve Jobs is talking about wanting to ditch the DRM in iTunes and open up the industry. *Everyone* else doesn't get it... every other music seller wants stricter controls, more ad revenue, and more lowest common denominator content. Unfortunately, iTunes is kinda bound to these morons because unless Apple wants to get into the record production business, nearly all the content on iTunes comes from the status-quo loving, lobby heavy, monopoly music industry.
And Kevin, with regards to the music industry's long term strategy... history has shown, over and over, that you're wrong. Since electronic media was invented in the 30's, the industry has been moving to less real content, more "perceived" value, more ad revenue, and higher end-user costs. The advent of the internet and digital music doesn't seem to have changed the way the industry works, they seem to believe that they can go ahead "business as usual" in the light of new technology... and frankly, unless we get some smart leadership that can see through all the industry lobbyists bullshit, I think the mass media conglomerates have enough power to insure that business does continue to operate as usual.