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4 ResponsesTesco open digital music store
Does Tesco know something the rest of us don’t? The supermarket has announced that it’s opening an online store of MP3 music, with all 3.3 million tracks DRM-free by the end of the year. Movies and TV shows will follow, says Tesco. It seems odd for two reasons.
Firstly, buying digital music isn’t a habit that has caught on. The global market is worth $3bn annually, but that’s a drop in the ocean; Reg readers pour scorn on people who actually fork out real money for digital songs - on a song-by-song basis - calling them “paytards”.
People love eMusic and Rhapsody because they offer something new. Music as a service doesn’t penalise exploration. Download a couple of clunkers, and you’ve still got a fistful of choices in your subscription account. By contrast, song-by-song music services merely satisfy an impulse purchase. But then so does PirateBay, Mininova, and the (back again) Demonoid. From where, in only a few more seconds, you can typically get the artist’s full LP in superior audio quality, with artwork.
That’s from The Register. Good read.
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Firstly, buying digital music isn’t a habit that has caught on.
Id have to question some of that article. iTunes has just become the largest music retailer in the US. Bigger than Wal Mart.
Also, as a person who has recently decided to take the moral high ground and decide that we really shouldn’t steal music, I dont like their disparaging remarks about ‘paytards’. Tut tut.
They seem to be trying very hard on the register to appear cool in front of their audience. Not like Jazz Biscuit. We were never cool.
Roosta: agreed it is a habit that’s caught on in a big way, but the high ground for me is not paying for downloads. If you want a band/act to make no money by all means download their album from iTunes, and don’t share their work with your friends because what you’ve just bought is DRM content.
Alternatively, take the real (*L) high ground and download it for free, share it with your friends and when the bands comes to town why don’t you all go see them live where they can make some real money. QED: free music and more affluent bands
P.S. I do buy the odd CD of local bands
I am sorry that argument to justify buying illegal downloads just doesnt add up. Very few bands actually make money out of touring and need record company support or sponsorship in order to do so. The main reason for touring is to support a record release and promote sales. It is only huge arena atristes and small local bands who can make money doing gigs.