[Ti] [OT] Applemusic.com - is the price right?

[Trevor J. Hutley]

At 10:20 -0400 30-4-2003, b wrote:
>If I wanted to sell music, I'd grab all the independents, give away 
>the entire catalogue as 128 bit mp3s, and then SELL a 256k mp3 AND 
>ship a custom CD with artwork to the folks who'd 'evaluated the 
>freebies. Call it Free Music.com  Get guys like Prince, and every 
>garage band, Cubase maniac, Don Henley, the chick from the old 
>velvet underground [Hi Mo], and a zillion other 'real' acts 
>involved. Do it as a non-profit, split the salaries and the web 
>hosting/shipping off, and funnel the cash to the artists. A 
>'benefit' live and 'streamed' each month to pay for the T3s or 
>whatever, and bob's yer uncle.

Flipper - this is another bold re-configuration of the value chain, 
that moves along the theme of a low-cost operation, established as a 
not-for-profit entity.  Almost "the alternative Music Store".
Creative thinking.  Very stimulating!

T.