Posted by <normanstrong on 09/27/05 15:18

"FunkyDevil" <qs8rzr001@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
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> FunkyDevil wrote:
>> I almost forgot to mention that what the RIAA and it's member partners
>> are doing by trying to increase prices is called "illegal price fixing"
>> and it's something they have already been prosecuted through the court
>> system for.
>>
>> Of course they don't care...
>
> WARNER MUSIC CEO Edgar Bronfman ADMITS To ILLEGAL Price Fixing Scheme
>
> http://theinquirer.net/?article=26472
>
> http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=13702&hed=Bronfman%20Fires%20Back%20at%20Apple
>
>
> Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference, Bronfman said
> that not all songs and not all time periods were created equal. The
> music industry wanted and will insist on having, variable pricing, he
> proclaimed.
>
>
> "To have only one price point is not fair to our artists, and I dare
> say not appropriate to consumers. The market should decide, not a
> single retailer," said Mr. Bronfman. "Some songs should be $0.99
> and some songs should be more.

The proper wording would be "Some songs should be $.99, some songs should be
more, and some songs should be less--much less."

Norm Strong

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