[i][b]davidwb wrote:[/b]
digital assets have no manufacturing etc involved but they do involve bandwidth which could keep the traditional supply/demand curve valid. ie, when a new release is in high demand it potentially raises bandwidth requirements requiring the company to buy additional bandwidth or take other costly measures to keep up with the demand.[/i]
Even with the digital distribution costs, it doesn't even begin to approach the cost of producing, manufacturing, and distributing a physical item. Digital distribution costs probably one percent or less what it costs to distribute a physical item.
I completely agree. I think $0.99 is a very reasonable price for one song, especially when there's no real distribution costs involved (at least not anywhere near the millions required for recording, mastering, reproducing and distributing CDs).
The record companies are still out to screw over the listening public because they just don't get it. They're going to eventually price themselves right out of the market, and musicians will bail and use other distro methods.
The feature I'd like to see is being able to tab between buttons (in dialog windows, in Safari, etc.). Keyboard shortcuts for these buttons would be nice, too.
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