[CUBE] iTunes 4

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On Monday, April 28, 2003, at 04:35 PM, Allan Hise wrote:

> This pricing seems good for the mass-market stuff. Anything esoteric is
> going to be a tough sell, IMHO. Assuming they even have the weird 
> stuff I
> want.

This of course assumes that you are buying used esoteric stuff that 
someone else has bought and dumped. To buy NEW esoteric stuff, you 
typically have to pay substantially more than you would for mass-market 
product.

Here's an interesting side-track ... will it still be as easy to buy 
esoteric music at the pawn shops when on-line music sales allow the 
sampling of 30 seconds of the music? Is the reason that so much 
non-commercial music ends up in the half price bins is the fact that 
people buying new esoteric music don't know what they are getting until 
they get it home and open it? Also, if there is no need to produce 
media, will there be less cut-out CD's in the bargain bins?