http://blog.teledyn.com/node/332 Comments for "Universal plans $1 downloads" en http://blog.teledyn.com/node/332 <p>I don't know if someone caught wind of <a href="/mt/archives/000043.html#000043">Janis Ian's grand plan</a> or if Universal is just clicking to the worldbeat, but according to Geek.com, <a title="Geek.com Nov 20 2002" href="http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2002Nov/gee20021120017410.htm">Universal has plans to offer cheap, unrestricted MP3 music downloads</a> at a buck a shot, $10 for a whole album. For those who may have just arrived, that's <em>exactly</em> the scenario Janis recommended.</p><p>So ... looks like the ball's in our court now. What we gonna do now, eh? Do we fess up and pay for all those MP3's we've collected off Gnutella? Or do we prove the anti-trading pundits worst fears and shy away. It's our call...</p><p><i>$10 per album</i>... That's what Saturday Night Fever sold for when it came out, highest price <em>ever</em> for a two-record set, but it's still $5 less than what <amazon asin="B000001FDV" line="music">amazon wants for it now</amazon>. I know what I'm going to do. I'm going to take a long hard careful look at the <a title="Over 40,000 tracks are already available" href="http://consumers.umusic.com/">Universal Music Group</a> roots-music catalog...</p> http://blog.teledyn.com/node/332#comments players of instruments Wed, 20 Nov 2002 17:27:59 -0500 mrG 332 at http://blog.teledyn.com